Eric Lotke

All

  • November 23, 2009 - 1:56pm

    A really smart student intern I’ve had the privilege of working with (Jonathan Flack, GWU 2010) asked a really stupid question. “Why,” he asked, “Do we give China everything it wants? Why don’t we challenge them?”

  • November 19, 2009 - 11:04am

    President Obama is home from China and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today releases its 2009 report to Congress. What have we learned? That we need to pay attention because we’re getting schooled.

  • November 12, 2009 - 2:15pm

    As President Obama packs for China, I thought I’d draw him a picture of how China is manipulating its currency.
    Yuan_manipulation_CAFw.jpg

  • Published New Unemployment, Old Solutions (Blog entry)
    November 6, 2009 - 12:09pm

    Today’s unemployment data contain gloomy news. Gloomy, but expected. The interpretation of the data is even worse.

  • Published Green Shoots. For Whom? (Blog entry)
    November 5, 2009 - 12:43pm

    Today’s “Productivity and Costs” data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics contain what looks like good news. But keep the cork in the bottles.

  • Published Building a Smart Grid, Smartly (Blog entry)
    October 27, 2009 - 12:04pm

    President Barack Obama announced today $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid. Like many Obama initiatives, it’s a smart first step. But much more is needed and one piece is rarely mentioned at all.

  • Published Bernanke Solves The Wrong Deficit (Blog entry)
    October 19, 2009 - 8:55pm

    Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke recognized today that America’s trade deficit played a central role in the global economic crisis. Then after he recognized the problem, he went on to solve a different one.

  • Published Time to Take on the Banks (Blog entry)
    October 16, 2009 - 2:32pm

    The American people didn’t bail out banks that were too big to fail so they could take over banks that were smaller and did.

  • October 13, 2009 - 10:51am

    New public opinion research by the Economic Policy Institute contains reassuring findings. The American people are smarter than they sometimes look on TV.

  • September 30, 2009 - 8:02pm

    The forum on American debt and deficit had it right. First, don’t panic. Don’t stop the stimulus spending or raise taxes with the economy still near the bottom.

Published!

  • November 23, 2009 - 1:56pm

    A really smart student intern I’ve had the privilege of working with (Jonathan Flack, GWU 2010) asked a really stupid question. “Why,” he asked, “Do we give China everything it wants? Why don’t we challenge them?”

  • November 19, 2009 - 11:04am

    President Obama is home from China and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today releases its 2009 report to Congress. What have we learned? That we need to pay attention because we’re getting schooled.

  • November 12, 2009 - 2:15pm

    As President Obama packs for China, I thought I’d draw him a picture of how China is manipulating its currency.
    Yuan_manipulation_CAFw.jpg

  • Published New Unemployment, Old Solutions (Blog entry)
    November 6, 2009 - 12:09pm

    Today’s unemployment data contain gloomy news. Gloomy, but expected. The interpretation of the data is even worse.

  • Published Green Shoots. For Whom? (Blog entry)
    November 5, 2009 - 12:43pm

    Today’s “Productivity and Costs” data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics contain what looks like good news. But keep the cork in the bottles.

  • Published Building a Smart Grid, Smartly (Blog entry)
    October 27, 2009 - 12:04pm

    President Barack Obama announced today $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid. Like many Obama initiatives, it’s a smart first step. But much more is needed and one piece is rarely mentioned at all.

  • Published Bernanke Solves The Wrong Deficit (Blog entry)
    October 19, 2009 - 8:55pm

    Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke recognized today that America’s trade deficit played a central role in the global economic crisis. Then after he recognized the problem, he went on to solve a different one.

  • Published Time to Take on the Banks (Blog entry)
    October 16, 2009 - 2:32pm

    The American people didn’t bail out banks that were too big to fail so they could take over banks that were smaller and did.

  • October 13, 2009 - 10:51am

    New public opinion research by the Economic Policy Institute contains reassuring findings. The American people are smarter than they sometimes look on TV.

  • September 30, 2009 - 8:02pm

    The forum on American debt and deficit had it right. First, don’t panic. Don’t stop the stimulus spending or raise taxes with the economy still near the bottom.

Rated/Discussed

Broadcast

  • No posts yet.