February 26, 2009

President Obama's budget for fiscal year 2010 (beginning October 1, 2009) was released on February 26, 2009. Technically, the budget was due on the first Monday in February, but such a quick turnaround for...

February 25, 2009

CED Research Director Joe Minarik was privileged to have been invited to participate in the Fiscal Responsibility Summit convened by President Barack Obama. The following is a summary of the...

by Joe Minarik February 24, 2009

The word "summit" was to some degree a misnomer for the White House event today, because this was not a gathering of decision makers tasked and empowered to change policy...

February 18, 2009

About a year and a half ago, CED released a report titled Built to Last: Focusing Corporations on Long-Term Performance. That report called on business leaders to reject the pressures...

February 09, 2009

All Three Sides in Today's Stimulus Debate Are Off-BaseThe nation's most urgent priority right now, an economic stimulus package, is foundering. We have a three-sided - call...

February 06, 2009

The Senate agreed Wednesday (February 4, 2009) to water-down the highly controversial ‘Buy America' provision of President Obama's stimulus bill. If the revised language of the bill means what it...

January 28, 2009

In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama called for a "new era of responsibility." Obama anchored his appeal in part to the ideal that all Americans should recognize our fundamental...

December 15, 2008

The need for fiscal stimulus is clear. The unemployment rate is at 6.7 percent and rising. Some forecasts expect the unemployment rate to reach 9-10 percent in 2009. Under-employment, which includes those...