Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k).

[I]n America, at least, we have a pretty good record for behaving in a fiscally responsible fashion, with one exception - namely, the fiscal irresponsibility that prevails when, and only when, hard-line conservatives are in power.

Something terrible has happened to the soul of the Republican Party. We've gone from bad economic doctrine. We've even gone beyond selfishness and special interests. At this point we're talking about a state of mind that takes positive glee in inflicting further suffering upon the already miserable.

Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups.

For most Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport.

Democracy or breakdown in Syria would change the whole Middle East overnight.

There's one thing that the Fed has been really good at cracking down on, and that's inflation.