by Terrance Heath | Jun 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
When Paul Ryan first introduced his first "Path to Prosperity" budget proposal, he framed it as an attempt to build upon the "successful" welfare reform of the late 1990s. At the time, I wrote that "welfare reform" was a "catastrophic success," because of its...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 17, 2013 | Blog
Last week, when thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest the Greek government's austerity driven shut-down the state-run television broadcaster, ERT, I asked whether the latest European backlash against austerity would begin to turn the tide against...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today I had the honor of being one of few men to join the panel on WETA's "To The Contrary," with Bonnie Erbe, for a Father's Day edition of the normally all-female news analysis program. (The show will air later this evening, and the video will be available online...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
The IMF has "acknowledged major mistakes" in Greece's bailout, and admitted to seriously underestimating the severity of Greece's downturn. Yet the Greek government continues with draconian spending cuts, in order to comply with the austerity measures based upon those...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
The last couple of months in Washington have been punctuated by burst of excitement as policymakers and pundits reacted to what to them was good news for the economy. The stock market is up. Consumer spending is up. Housing is booming again. The era of "uncertainty"...
