The term “fiscal cliff” means different things at different times in different economic environments. The single definitional consequence upon which there is universal agreement, however, is that it’s a bad thing to fall off that cliff … or even to skate too closely to its...
A political party, that is. The U.S. has only two …, right? Although … maybe not …. There are currently two nationally-organized political parties: the Republican Party; and the Democratic Party. They have been the only parties-in-power in America for over 150 years. They have denoted America’s...
The obverse of “Rational Exuberance” is “Irrational Exuberance,” a phrase popularized in December 1996 by then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan when he warned investors that unjustified internet optimism had crept into stock market valuations. As a consequence, he warned, soaring valuation assumptions based on rosy...
Assume that the media is correct and Joe Biden has won America’s Presidential election and will be inaugurated as America’s 46th President on January 20th. If so, he would owe his relatively narrow victory to heavy voter turnout among three disparate constituencies: traditional Democratic Party...
TLR’s mission is to bridge the growing partisan divide by inspiring discussion and, hopefully, a dollop of bipartisanship that leads to a degree of resolution. The goal is to raise awareness and stimulate thought by highlighting challenging realities that should be, but often are not,...