The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for….

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity..

Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes..

Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both..

Something that's unsustainable, like a dysfunctional relationship, can go on longer than you expect, and then end faster and messier than you think..

The government could either raise $100 by selling allowances and then give that amount in cash to particular businesses and individuals, or it could ….

Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting..

My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality..

Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing..

If you didn't auction the [CO2] permits, it would represent the largest corporate welfare program that has ever been enacted in the history of the Un….

It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than ….

For example, I was privileged to be working at the White House under the Clinton administration and had not finished my Ph.D., and I thought I was th….

There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education..