This election season is full of laments about how polarized American politics has become. Extreme right-wing Republicans claim they can't see eye to eye with extreme left-wing Democrats. Politicians are...
Ever since the sharp recessions of the early Reagan years, each new expansion has yielded fewer and fewer jobs. A recession is bad enough for most people. A jobless recovery...
Once upon a time, America was always getting better. It was never perfect, but it was always improving itself. The ideal -- and usually the reality too -- was progress....
The recession is over. The US economy has been growing since July, 2009. In the final quarter of 2011 it grew at a 3% annual pace. Personal spending is up. ...
