Where have all the entrepreneurs gone (continued)?
August 14, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson U.S. businesses are aging, I wrote last week, and a sharp decline in start-up companies is a big reason. As the share of young firms shrinks,…
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Where have all the entrepreneurs gone (continued)?
August 14, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson U.S. businesses are aging, I wrote last week, and a sharp decline in start-up companies is a big reason. As the share of young firms shrinks,…
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Interest rates and the Fed’s great ‘slack’ debate
August 14, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson Call it the great “slack” debate. For nearly six years, the Federal Reserve has held short-term interest rates near zero to boost the economy. Is…
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Interest rates and the Fed’s great ‘slack’ debate
August 14, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson Call it the great “slack” debate. For nearly six years, the Federal Reserve has held short-term interest rates near zero to boost the economy. Is…
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Nature’s terror weapon
August 9, 2014
By George F. Will Although the Ebola virus might remain mostly confined to West Africa, it has infected the Western imagination. This eruption of uncontrolled nature into what developed…
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Nature’s terror weapon
August 9, 2014
By George F. Will Although the Ebola virus might remain mostly confined to West Africa, it has infected the Western imagination. This eruption of uncontrolled nature into what developed…
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Where have all the entrepreneurs gone?
August 9, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson We may have a “senile economy,” says economist Robert Litan of the Brookings Institution. That’s senile as in old, rigid and undynamic. We are taught…
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Where have all the entrepreneurs gone?
August 9, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson We may have a “senile economy,” says economist Robert Litan of the Brookings Institution. That’s senile as in old, rigid and undynamic. We are taught…
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The (millennial) parent trap
August 4, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson You could hear the tension in his voice. His 20-something daughter was living at home. She had a graduate degree from a good university that,…
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The (millennial) parent trap
August 4, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson You could hear the tension in his voice. His 20-something daughter was living at home. She had a graduate degree from a good university that,…
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The future of think tanks
July 30, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson Unless you’re a dedicated policy wonk, the name Stuart Butler probably doesn’t ring a bell. For 35 years, Butler has been a senior researcher at…
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The future of think tanks
July 30, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson Unless you’re a dedicated policy wonk, the name Stuart Butler probably doesn’t ring a bell. For 35 years, Butler has been a senior researcher at…
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Dodd-Frank’s Achilles’ heel
July 28, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson Four years after Dodd-Frank became law, the question being asked is whether the country is safe from another financial crisis. It’s the wrong question. It…
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Dodd-Frank’s Achilles’ heel
July 28, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson Four years after Dodd-Frank became law, the question being asked is whether the country is safe from another financial crisis. It’s the wrong question. It…
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Making corporate tax dodgers patriotic
July 28, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson Corporate America’s latest public relations disaster comes under the banner of “tax inversion.” In an inversion, a U.S. company shifts its legal headquarters to a…
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Making corporate tax dodgers patriotic
July 28, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson Corporate America’s latest public relations disaster comes under the banner of “tax inversion.” In an inversion, a U.S. company shifts its legal headquarters to a…
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The downside of giving weapons to rebels in Ukraine or Syria
July 23, 2014
By Eugene Robinson The bodies and debris that rained from the Ukrainian sky offer a cautionary lesson about the danger of giving heavy weapons to non-state actors. I hope the hawks…
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Peace may never be at hand
July 21, 2014By Eugene Robinson Israelis and Palestinians may someday make peace. But the assumption should be that it won’t happen soon — perhaps not in our lifetimes. How often have…
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Peace may never be at hand
July 21, 2014By Eugene Robinson Israelis and Palestinians may someday make peace. But the assumption should be that it won’t happen soon — perhaps not in our lifetimes. How often have…
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Budget policy as prayer
July 21, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson The Congressional Budget Office last week issued one of its periodic long-term budget outlooks. Its themes are distressingly familiar. There is no balanced budget in sight. Under…
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Budget policy as prayer
July 21, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson The Congressional Budget Office last week issued one of its periodic long-term budget outlooks. Its themes are distressingly familiar. There is no balanced budget in sight. Under…
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A part-timer boom, or blip?
July 21, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson There may be a dark lining to the sunny June employment report, which recorded an increase of 288,000 payroll jobs for the month. Most — or all…
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A part-timer boom, or blip?
July 21, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson There may be a dark lining to the sunny June employment report, which recorded an increase of 288,000 payroll jobs for the month. Most — or all…
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Republicans rant but offer no solutions
July 15, 2014
By Eugene Robinson Apparently there’s a contest among Republicans to see who can be more shameless and irresponsible in criticizing President Obama’s foreign policy. So far, Chris Christie is…
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Republicans rant but offer no solutions
July 15, 2014
By Eugene Robinson Apparently there’s a contest among Republicans to see who can be more shameless and irresponsible in criticizing President Obama’s foreign policy. So far, Chris Christie is…
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The real Medicaid problem
July 15, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson The White House recently put out a 40-page report arguing that the 24 states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”)…
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The real Medicaid problem
July 15, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson The White House recently put out a 40-page report arguing that the 24 states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”)…
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An overriding need for immigration reform now
July 13, 2014
By Eugene Robinson There’s no objective need for President Obama to visit the Texas-Mexico border and see the immigration crisis firsthand, but he shouldn’t have claimed that “I’m not interested in…
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An overriding need for immigration reform now
July 13, 2014
By Eugene Robinson There’s no objective need for President Obama to visit the Texas-Mexico border and see the immigration crisis firsthand, but he shouldn’t have claimed that “I’m not interested in…
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Three myths about the Highway Trust Fund
July 13, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson It’s time for a primer on the Highway Trust Fund, which looms as the next battle in Congress’ unending budget wars. Created in 1956 to…
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Three myths about the Highway Trust Fund
July 13, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson It’s time for a primer on the Highway Trust Fund, which looms as the next battle in Congress’ unending budget wars. Created in 1956 to…
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Eugene Robinson: NSA’s misguided snooping on innocent people
July 9, 2014
By Eugene Robinson Even those who believe the National Security Agency’s vacuum-cleaner surveillance of electronic communications does not trample privacy rights should be troubled by this practical implication: If you…
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Eugene Robinson: NSA’s misguided snooping on innocent people
July 9, 2014
By Eugene Robinson Even those who believe the National Security Agency’s vacuum-cleaner surveillance of electronic communications does not trample privacy rights should be troubled by this practical implication: If you…
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Workforce development puts Oconee on top
July 8, 2014By Richard K. Blackwell Whenever a community is in a period of growth, there’s a lot of talk about the economic support system, infrastructure, and sustainability. In reality, none…
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This July 4, governing in the spirit of revenge
July 6, 2014
By Eugene Robinson As we celebrate the Fourth of July, who can argue that our democracy is working the way the Founders intended? And who can deny that most…
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This July 4, governing in the spirit of revenge
July 4, 2014
By Eugene Robinson As we celebrate the Fourth of July, who can argue that our democracy is working the way the Founders intended? And who can deny that most…
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America: An empire of contention
July 3, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson I am reading historian Gordon Wood’s splendid “Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815.” It is an ideal companion for this July 4…
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America: An empire of contention
July 3, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson I am reading historian Gordon Wood’s splendid “Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815.” It is an ideal companion for this July 4…
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A bad patch, yes, but don’t write off Clinton
July 2, 2014
By Eugene Robinson In politics, as in many endeavors, it helps to be underestimated. In this sense, Hillary Clinton is doing great. Clinton’s book tour, which bears some resemblance…
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A bad patch, yes, but don’t write off Clinton
July 2, 2014
By Eugene Robinson In politics, as in many endeavors, it helps to be underestimated. In this sense, Hillary Clinton is doing great. Clinton’s book tour, which bears some resemblance…
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The misleading debate on the Export-Import Bank
July 1, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson I was against the Export-Import Bank before I was for it, and I may someday be against it again. But right now I’m for it, because…
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The misleading debate on the Export-Import Bank
July 1, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson I was against the Export-Import Bank before I was for it, and I may someday be against it again. But right now I’m for it, because…
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How the use of drones may haunt the U.S.
June 30, 2014
By Eugene Robinson In our growing reliance on armed drones as instruments of war, how slippery is the slope we’re sliding on? Imagine that Vladimir Putin began using drones…
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How the use of drones may haunt the U.S.
June 30, 2014
By Eugene Robinson In our growing reliance on armed drones as instruments of war, how slippery is the slope we’re sliding on? Imagine that Vladimir Putin began using drones…
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The business cycle, RIP?
June 30, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson As a tool for analyzing and influencing the economy, is the business cycle outdated? Yes, says the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. Unless you’re…
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The business cycle, RIP?
June 30, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson As a tool for analyzing and influencing the economy, is the business cycle outdated? Yes, says the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. Unless you’re…
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Harvard’s silly and dreary Innovation Debate
June 25, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson By their nature, many innovations are disruptive. The Internet is, of course, Exhibit One. It has remade the music industry, threatens “brick and mortar” stores,…
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Harvard’s silly and dreary Innovation Debate
June 25, 2014
By Robert J. Samuelson By their nature, many innovations are disruptive. The Internet is, of course, Exhibit One. It has remade the music industry, threatens “brick and mortar” stores,…
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The ‘ungrateful volcano’ of Iraq
June 25, 2014
By Eugene Robinson Iraq is shattered and 300 U.S. military advisers can’t put the pieces back together. So now what? An old saying about the Middle East comes to…
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The ‘ungrateful volcano’ of Iraq
June 25, 2014
By Eugene Robinson Iraq is shattered and 300 U.S. military advisers can’t put the pieces back together. So now what? An old saying about the Middle East comes to…
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