People

Budget Battles

  • Why Christie Won't Mention N.J.'s Unemployment Rate

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    There’s one number New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie probably won’t mention in his keynote speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention: 9.8 percent, his state’s current unemployment rate...

  • Republicans: We Won’t Build That

    By Mark Thoma

    Once the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, Florida ends, all eyes will turn to this year’s Federal Reserve conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. At the 2010 conference, Chairman Ben...

  • GOP Platform Dilutes Romney’s Focus on Economy

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Delegates to the Republican national convention will adopt a platform on Tuesday that represents a major triumph for the economic and social conservatives that make up the party’s activist base. The...

  • GOP Convention Delegates: Pro Romney or Anti Obama?

    By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin and Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    Republicans gather in Tampa this week to nominate Mitt Romney for president after a bruising primary and for their first national convention since the Tea Party emerged as a powerful political force.

  • Has Romney Changed His Tax and Deficit Cutting Plan?

    By Henry Blodget, The Business Insider

    Mitt Romney has been remarkably successful in not committing himself to specific policy proposals that might offend certain voters, especially with respect to the economy. As a result, until now, he...