Op-Eds
After The Greek Default, Could Civil War Be Next?
As a Eurozone crackup becomes more and more certain, it is no longer a question of whether Greece defaults but when. While most commentators have…
Op-Eds
Principal-Agent Problem Meets the Public Sector
What works for business should work for government, right? Not necessarily. Law professors Frederick Tung of Boston University and M. Todd Henderson of the University…
Op-Eds
Putting the Jobs Cart Before the Growth Horse
Among the colossal fallacies that keep our economy mired in unemployment, few loom as large as the notion that “creating” jobs leads to growth and…
Forbes
Two Cheers For A Big U.S. Trade Deficit
News that the U.S. trade deficit narrowed this summer has brought the usual cheers from commentators. The Associated Press celebrated, noting, “[A] narrowing…
Forbes
Liberate the Jobs!
The most fascinating aspect of House Speaker John Boehner’s very effective address to the Economic Club was not the specific solutions he presented but the…
Forbes
Anti-Immigration Laws Hurt Economy
Arizona’s immigration laws — Senate Bill 1070 and the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) — were designed to drive undocumented immigrants out of the…