economic growth

President Obama heads to Georgetown University today to address the nation regarding the economy. On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, offered a preview of the speech’s message. Politico has the write-up.
Romer said Obama will address “what’s been going wrong” in the economy and also what the administration is [...]

During an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell a short time ago, Sen. John McCain’s senior economic adviser, Doug Holtz-Eakin, said a nonpartisan tax analysis found McCain’s tax plan would better promote economic growth than that of Sen. Barack Obama.
“You go to the independent, quote, Tax Policy Center, a group I know very well, and I [...]

Members of industry have long contended that environmental protections are incompatible with economic growth. That was one reason the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act didn’t get passed this year.
But a new economic study released today crunches some numbers and finds that environmental and economic interests are often aligned.