Trump’s gambit: Sacrificing lives in the hope that it would save the economy is a fool’s errand

By Robert A. Vella Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress announced today that progress is being made in negotiations to Continue reading →

President Trump in a Pandemic: Why does everybody hate me?

By Robert A. Vella From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Medical definition of persecution complex: the feeling of being persecuted especially without Continue reading →

Sunday Focus: The Exploitation of a Pandemic

By Robert A. Vella Before getting to the Sunday Focus, here are the latest numbers on the coronavirus pandemic plus Continue reading →

Economics and Politics in a Pandemic: Trump’s shotgun strategy misses the target

By Robert A. Vella The desperation of President Trump‘s rapidly changing proposals yesterday, to stimulate a global economy shutting down Continue reading →

We are now in Panic Mode: What’s happening and where are we heading

By Robert A. Vella Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Reserve took desperate measures to stave-off a worldwide recession by slashing interest Continue reading →

Austerity is killing Europe: ‘Much Too Responsible’ by Paul Krugman

The United States and Europe have a lot in common. Both are multicultural and democratic; both are immensely wealthy; both Continue reading →

Reinhart and Rogoff aren’t the problem. The Republican Party is.

The Great Reinhart-Rogoff War of 2013 rages on today with a brand new Reinhart-Rogoff salvo on the New York Times Continue reading →

The great economic experiment of 2013: Ben Bernanke vs. austerity

In late 2011, the economist David Beckworth and the writer Ramesh Ponnuru wrote an editorial in the New Republic on Continue reading →