Taxing Fat
David Leonhardt, New York Times economics columnist and staff writer for the Magazine, discusses the idea of a fat tax and how personal responsibility factors into the health care debate.
View ArticleThe President's Pitch on Health Care Reform
David Leonhardt, New York Times economics columnist and staff writer for the magazine, reviews President Obama's speech on health care reform.
View ArticleCash for Caulkers
David Leonhardt, New York Times economics columnist and staff writer for the magazine talks about the weatherization stimulus and other economic news.
View ArticleReconcilable Differences?
Roll Call staff writer David Drucker and David Leonhardt, "Economic Scene" columnist for the New York Times, analyze the latest in the negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate versions of health...
View ArticleHandicapping Health Care Reform
The Senate's robust health care reform bill is in jepoardy after Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. David Leonhardt,...
View ArticleStimulus Fact Check
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the stimulus plan. David Leonhardt, "Economic Scene" columnist for the New York Times, does some stimulus fact checking.
View ArticleCongress and the Bush-Era Tax Cuts
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for The New York Times, lays out some options for how the lame-duck session of Congress can deal with the expiring Bush-era tax cuts.
View ArticleYou Can Solve the Budget Puzzle
David Leonhardt, who writes the "Economic Scene" column for The New York Times, talks about the paper's "budget puzzle" and how different cuts to programs and aid could make a dent in the US budget...
View ArticleDeficit Commission Goes Public
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, talks about today's deficit commission meeting.
View ArticlePresident Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, breaks down the fiscal impact of President Obama's deficit reduction plan, and how it differs from the Paul Ryan...
View ArticleOpening the Fed
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, discusses yesterday's first-ever press conference by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.→ Listen, Read a Recap and Add Your...
View ArticleRent or Buy?
David Leonhardt, writer of the "Economic Scene" column for the New York Times, talks about renting versus buying a home and how people make that decision.Compare for yourself the differences between...
View ArticleWhy New Hampshire Matters for 2012
Republican presidential hopefuls debated last night in New Hampshire, one of the early states that is important to win in the primaries along with Iowa. The two states are the first to hold...
View ArticleChecking the Stats on Income Inequality
David Leonhardt, Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, goes through the stats that have been thrown around by Occupy Wall Street protesters and their critics, and what the income inequality...
View ArticleThe Day After Tax Day
David Leonhardt,Washington bureau chief for TheNew York Times, and Diane Brady, Bloomberg BusinessWeek senior editor and author of Fraternity, talk about taxes -- the IRS, corporate rates, the Buffett...
View Article30 Issues: Victims of 2008: The Unemployed
30 Issues in 30 Days is our election year series on the important issues facing the country this election year. Today: How the victims of the Great Recession are coping and what the government can do...
View ArticleGambling on the Future
Last week the popular prediction market Intrade announced it would shut its doors to Americans after being sued by US regulators. US regulators have accused InTrade of violating the ban on off-exchange...
View ArticleDavid Leonhardt: Here's The Deal
David Leonhardt, Washington bureau chief for the New York Times and author of the new e-book Here's the Deal, previews tonight's State of the Union address, and discusses his take on deficits, taxes,...
View ArticleOne More Sign that Washington Can't Handle Money
The budget wars seem never ending in Washington D.C., with the sequester just one day away and no agreement between the White House and Republican leadership in sight. After sequestration goes into...
View ArticleThe Relationship Between Location & Prosperity
The great American industrial migration continues. Americans have always relied on the possibility changing locations as a means to prosperity and the United States is one of the most geographically...
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