Barack Obama

I have been meaning to put together a few comments about the election on Tuesday but I haven't had the time to string anything together. But an enlightening video from Tech Ticker with Jamie Galbraith provides some good fodder. So let me…

by William K. Black William K. Black is an Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a white-collar criminologist and was a senior financial regulator. He is the author of The Best Way to Rob…

On Comedy Central, the joke was on President Obama Wednesday night. The president had come, on the eve of what will almost certainly be the loss of his governing majority, to plead his case before Jon Stewart, gatekeeper of the…

This is from Gallup: Overall, 46% of Americans believe the federal government "poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens," little changed from the prior reading in 2006. However, during that…

This is probably the best dub of this scene I have seen yet. Hat tip Scott

Also see: Big Interview: Goolsbee Defends Obama Record on Business - Real Time Economics

TARP goes to the legal graveyard this Sunday. Looking back, Simon Johnson says some sort of injection into the American banking system was necessary. So, in a basic sense TARP or some Swedish equivalent would have been necessary to avoid…

This is a good format for explaining the White House's position on the Bush tax cut issue. Goolsbee is on to something. What do you think of his argument? Source: White House White Board: CEA Chair Austan Goolsbee Explains the Tax Cut…

So Larry Summers is out. From the Obama economic team, Peter Orszag and Christina Romer  preceded him. This looks to be a wholesale turnover at the top given the departures of Axelrod and Emanuel on the policy side as well. So now…

Below is the full hour-long "Investing in America" CNBC town hall meeting from this past Monday where President Obama took questions from concerned Americans on his plans for the economy. For those who don't want to…