Economic policy articles

  • A turning point for American foreign policy?

    Was the passage by the House last Saturday and the Senate on Tuesday of the foreign aid package with money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan a turning point in American foreign policy? It certainly was a turnabout in rhetoric and in partisan behavior. Speaker Mike Johnson led the narrowly Republican House to pass by resounding […]

  • Confidence In Biden Economic Stewardship Historically Low

    Confidence In Biden Economic Stewardship Historically Low By Megan Brenan of Gallup With Americans less optimistic about the state of the U.S. economy than they have been in recent months and concern about inflation persisting, their confidence in President Joe Biden to recommend or do the right thing for the economy is among the lowest Gallup has measured for any president since 2001. But Biden is not alone in facing a skeptical public, as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the...

  • Ireland’s border policy is completely incoherent

    Earlier this week, Ireland’s newly installed Taoiseach, Simon Harris, made an outrageous proposal to deploy 100 policemen to control immigration…What to read next: Ireland is furious about Britain’s immigration mess | The truth about Ireland’s £600 million Brexit ‘bonanza’ | Plotters set out ‘100 days’ policy plan to rival Sunak | Sadiq Khan’s five worst moments as London mayor