Explaining the world’s economic funk
August 3, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson To understand the economy, you’ve got to resort to psychology. Throughout the recovery, forecasters — including those at the Federal Reserve and the International Monetary…
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Explaining the world’s economic funk
August 3, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson To understand the economy, you’ve got to resort to psychology. Throughout the recovery, forecasters — including those at the Federal Reserve and the International Monetary…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: headlines, op-ed
Obama’s truth out of Africa
August 3, 2015
By Kathleen Parker It is good to be President Barack Obama these days. In the midst of a visit to Africa, including Kenya, where Republican front-runner Donald Trump has…
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Obama’s truth out of Africa
August 3, 2015
By Kathleen Parker It is good to be President Barack Obama these days. In the midst of a visit to Africa, including Kenya, where Republican front-runner Donald Trump has…
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Medicare and Medicaid — a tarnished triumph
July 27, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson It was exactly 50 years ago this week that President Lyndon Johnson flew to Independence, Missouri and, with former President Harry Truman at his side,…
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Medicare and Medicaid — a tarnished triumph
July 27, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson It was exactly 50 years ago this week that President Lyndon Johnson flew to Independence, Missouri and, with former President Harry Truman at his side,…
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The trouble with Clinton’s profit sharing
July 27, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson Hillary Clinton has just given us an object lesson — presumably unintended — demonstrating why our tax system is such a complex mess. The main…
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The trouble with Clinton’s profit sharing
July 27, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson Hillary Clinton has just given us an object lesson — presumably unintended — demonstrating why our tax system is such a complex mess. The main…
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Before we lose our minds
July 27, 2015
By Kathleen Parker Current quibbling over what Jeb Bush meant when he said it’s time to phase out and replace Medicare — as opposed to “attacking the seniors,” as…
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Before we lose our minds
July 27, 2015
By Kathleen Parker Current quibbling over what Jeb Bush meant when he said it’s time to phase out and replace Medicare — as opposed to “attacking the seniors,” as…
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Trumping himself
July 27, 2015
By Kathleen Parker Donald Trump can’t help himself. Nor can we. The “worse” he gets, it seems, the better we like it. Watching Trump is so deliciously awful, we…
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Trumping himself
July 27, 2015
By Kathleen Parker Donald Trump can’t help himself. Nor can we. The “worse” he gets, it seems, the better we like it. Watching Trump is so deliciously awful, we…
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Productivity goes bust
July 20, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson What’s surprising about the disappointing slowdown in productivity is that, by all outward signs, it ought to be booming. Productivity is economic jargon for efficiency,…
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Productivity goes bust
July 20, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson What’s surprising about the disappointing slowdown in productivity is that, by all outward signs, it ought to be booming. Productivity is economic jargon for efficiency,…
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The true danger of China’s crash
July 20, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson China’s spectacular stock crash poses three questions. First, what caused it? Next, will it harm the “real” economy of spending and hiring, inside China and…
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The true danger of China’s crash
July 20, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson China’s spectacular stock crash poses three questions. First, what caused it? Next, will it harm the “real” economy of spending and hiring, inside China and…
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A modest proposal for humanity
July 20, 2015
By Kathleen Parker In his satirical solution to Ireland’s prolific poor, especially among Catholics whose fish diet was thought to enhance fertility, Jonathan Swift suggested a new menu item:…
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A modest proposal for humanity
July 20, 2015
By Kathleen Parker In his satirical solution to Ireland’s prolific poor, especially among Catholics whose fish diet was thought to enhance fertility, Jonathan Swift suggested a new menu item:…
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Dare not say his name
July 20, 2015
By Kathleen Parker In South Carolina these days, no one speaks his name. The 21-year-old man-boy, who allegedly murdered nine people and incited unity instead of the race war…
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Dare not say his name
July 20, 2015
By Kathleen Parker In South Carolina these days, no one speaks his name. The 21-year-old man-boy, who allegedly murdered nine people and incited unity instead of the race war…
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A new day in South Carolina
July 20, 2015
By Kathleen Parker The past may not be past, as William Faulkner once put it. But it sure seems to be leaving. As I watched the broadcast of the…
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A new day in South Carolina
July 20, 2015
By Kathleen Parker The past may not be past, as William Faulkner once put it. But it sure seems to be leaving. As I watched the broadcast of the…
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Greece’s D-Day
July 14, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson Suddenly Greece is about a lot more than Greece. The lopsided Greek vote — 61 percent to 39 percent — to reject the last rescue…
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Greece’s D-Day
July 14, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson Suddenly Greece is about a lot more than Greece. The lopsided Greek vote — 61 percent to 39 percent — to reject the last rescue…
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When bragging is winning
July 14, 2015
By Kathleen Parker “So, Mom,” he says. “Did you tweet that you were going on ‘Meet the Press’?” No. “Did you tweet that you were going on ‘Hardball’?” No.…
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When bragging is winning
July 14, 2015
By Kathleen Parker “So, Mom,” he says. “Did you tweet that you were going on ‘Meet the Press’?” No. “Did you tweet that you were going on ‘Hardball’?” No.…
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The global debt trap
July 6, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson We have the Greeks to thank for an elementary tutorial in what ails the world economy. Greece’s central problem is that it has too much…
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The global debt trap
July 6, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson We have the Greeks to thank for an elementary tutorial in what ails the world economy. Greece’s central problem is that it has too much…
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Will Greece’s crisis spread?
July 6, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson Greece is a mess. The banks are shut; withdrawals from ATMs are strictly limited. A referendum will determine whether or not Greece accepts tough conditions for…
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Will Greece’s crisis spread?
July 6, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson Greece is a mess. The banks are shut; withdrawals from ATMs are strictly limited. A referendum will determine whether or not Greece accepts tough conditions for…
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The Don vs. The Bern
July 6, 2015
By Kathleen Parker Stranger things have happened in American politics, but the sudden surge of Democratic/Populist Bernie Sanders and Republican/Pompulist Donald Trump puts one in mind of alternate universes.…
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The Don vs. The Bern
July 6, 2015
By Kathleen Parker Stranger things have happened in American politics, but the sudden surge of Democratic/Populist Bernie Sanders and Republican/Pompulist Donald Trump puts one in mind of alternate universes.…
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Michelle Obama’s evolution
July 6, 2015
By Kathleen Parker First-term first ladies are often shadows to their more-important husbands, dabbling in lite fare to avoid criticism and picking safe projects to shield them and their…
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Michelle Obama’s evolution
July 6, 2015
By Kathleen Parker First-term first ladies are often shadows to their more-important husbands, dabbling in lite fare to avoid criticism and picking safe projects to shield them and their…
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Trade Promotion Authority
July 1, 2015
Peter M. Brown President Colite International As president of South Carolina’s Colite International, I know the importance of global trade to the success of our business. Like many homegrown…
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Trade Promotion Authority
July 1, 2015
Peter M. Brown President Colite International As president of South Carolina’s Colite International, I know the importance of global trade to the success of our business. Like many homegrown…
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The next financial crisis?
June 29, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson A central economic question of our time is whether the policies undertaken to recover from the last financial crisis are laying the groundwork for the next.…
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The next financial crisis?
June 29, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson A central economic question of our time is whether the policies undertaken to recover from the last financial crisis are laying the groundwork for the next.…
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Government — back to the 1930s?
June 29, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson A recent Congressional Budget Office report — “The 2015 Long-Term Budget Outlook” — reminds us that the federal government is slowly becoming an agency for taking…
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Government — back to the 1930s?
June 29, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson A recent Congressional Budget Office report — “The 2015 Long-Term Budget Outlook” — reminds us that the federal government is slowly becoming an agency for taking…
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The mourning after
June 29, 2015
By Kathleen Parker CHARLESTON, SC – By all appearances Friday morning, as thousands lined the street waiting (and wilting) for hours in 90-degree heat to enter the funeral arena…
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The mourning after
June 29, 2015
By Kathleen Parker CHARLESTON, SC – By all appearances Friday morning, as thousands lined the street waiting (and wilting) for hours in 90-degree heat to enter the funeral arena…
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Waiting for Obama
June 29, 2015
By Kathleen Parker CHARLESTON, SC – Even as hundreds formed a human heart in Marion Square near Mother Emanuel Church, retailers and city residents were a little nervous about…
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Waiting for Obama
June 29, 2015
By Kathleen Parker CHARLESTON, SC – Even as hundreds formed a human heart in Marion Square near Mother Emanuel Church, retailers and city residents were a little nervous about…
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The CEO backlash
June 24, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson “Prosperity can’t be just for CEOs and hedge fund managers.” –Hillary Clinton It seems inevitable that the unfolding presidential campaign will also become a referendum…
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The CEO backlash
June 24, 2015
By Robert J. Samuelson “Prosperity can’t be just for CEOs and hedge fund managers.” –Hillary Clinton It seems inevitable that the unfolding presidential campaign will also become a referendum…
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Take it down
June 24, 2015
By Kathleen Parker In a historic moment, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called late yesterday (Monday) for removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the Statehouse grounds. It was…
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Take it down
June 24, 2015
By Kathleen Parker In a historic moment, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called late yesterday (Monday) for removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the Statehouse grounds. It was…
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A time to grieve
June 24, 2015
By Kathleen Parker Unspeakable, unimaginable, incomprehensible and unthinkable are the words we’ve heard and used to describe the horrific murders of nine African-Americans as they prayed in a Charleston,…
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A time to grieve
June 24, 2015
By Kathleen Parker Unspeakable, unimaginable, incomprehensible and unthinkable are the words we’ve heard and used to describe the horrific murders of nine African-Americans as they prayed in a Charleston,…
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