Topic: Alice Rivlin

The Former White House budget chief thinks Congress squandered its opportunity to rein in the national debt but may still come to its senses.The Former White House budget chief thinks Congress squandered its opportunity to rein in the national debt but may ...

Will Dividend Tax Cuts be Extended?

"Investors love dividends," and that, experts say, is one reason many Americans are showing deep support for a permanent dividend tax cut. According to results of a spot survey sponsored by Eaton Vance Corporation in March, seven in ten (70 percent) Americans ...

No. 1 UConn routs Temple, 90-36

After a lackluster State of the Union address, President Obama demonstrated his formidable intellect, his rhetorical skill, and his considerable charm during an exchange with the House Republican caucus in Baltimore on Friday. Yet this meeting was part of a broader and ...

Re-Litigating The Past

After a lackluster State of the Union address, President Obama demonstrated his formidable intellect, his rhetorical skill, and his considerable charm during an exchange with the House Republican caucus in Baltimore on Friday. Yet this meeting was part of a broader and ...

Fiscally Responsible Deficit Spending?

Yesterday's lead editorial in the Washington Post worries, as I do, that the current need for a very large dose of fiscal stimulus is being interpreted as a permission slip for fiscal irresponsibility: And yesterday's front-page story in the Washington Post (by ...