[D]ebt increases that didn't arise either from war or from extraordinary financial crisis are entirely associated with hard-line conservative governments.

Unsustainable situations usually go on longer than most economists think possible. But they always end, and when they do, it's often painful.

Evidence and expertise have a well-known liberal bias.

Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system is.

Rising inequality isn’t about who has the knowledge; it’s about who has the power.

If the price of everything is going down, that's going to include wages as well. People will have an incentive to sit on their cash and not spend it.

The economic expansion that began in 2001, while it has been great for corporate profits, has yet to produce any significant gains for ordinary working Americans. And now it looks as if it never will.