Category Archives: Regulatory Policy

How Obama Transformed America

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Regulatory Policy, Tax Policy | August 24, 2015 at 9:36 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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His progressive legacy won’t last because he passed vague laws and abused his executive power to impose policies that are unpopular. By: PHIL GRAMM Aug. 23, 2015 6:03 p.m. ET How did Barack Obama join Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan to become one of the three most transformative presidents in the...

Gramm and McMillin: The Debt Problem Hasn’t Vanished

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Regulatory Policy, Tax Policy | May 22, 2013 at 10:57 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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While deficit projections have recently moderated, the cost of servicing the national debt will explode once interest rates begin to rise. A version of this article appeared May 22, 2013, on page A15 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: The Debt Problem Hasn’t Vanished....

Cavuto: Is Economic Recovery Impeded by the Fed?

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Regulatory Policy, Uncategorized | September 14, 2012 at 10:47 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Sep 13, 2012 Former Senator Phil Gramm, (R-Texas), argues Federal Reserve actions are not helping boost the economy. Watch the video ...

Gramm and Taylor: The Hidden Costs of Monetary Easing

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Regulatory Policy, Uncategorized | September 12, 2012 at 9:55 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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By Phil Gramm and John Taylor as appeared in Wall Street Journal on September 12, 2012 Since mid-September of 2008, the Federal Reserve balance sheet has grown to $2,814 billion from $924 billion as it purchased massive amounts of U.S. Treasurys and mortgage backed securities. To finance those purchases the...

Phil Gramm on Banking, Regulation, U.S. Election

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Regulatory Policy, Tax Policy, Uncategorized | September 11, 2012 at 2:49 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, a Texas Republican who helped write the 1999 law that enabled the creation of financial institutions such as Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp., talks about the outlook for the 2012 presidential election and the banking industry. He speaks with...

Senator Phil Gramm-Larry Kudlow, Tale of Two Recoveries

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Regulatory Policy, Tax Policy | September 5, 2012 at 10:35 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Sep 4, 2012 Former Senator Phil Gramm, (R-Texas), compares and contrasts the policies and the economic results of Reagan’s recovery and Obama’s recovery, highlighting the dramatic increase in dependency in Obama years. Watch the video ...

The ‘Financial Recession’ Excuse

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Regulatory Policy | February 2, 2012 at 12:50 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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The ‘Financial Recession’ Excuse Why did the U.S. recover faster from the panic of 1907 than from the 2008 recession and the Great Depression? By Phil Gramm and Mike Solon Commerce Department data released last Friday show that four years after the recession began, real gross domestic product per person...

Reaganomics and American Character

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Regulatory Policy, Tax Policy, Uncategorized | January 19, 2012 at 4:07 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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The following is adapted from a speech delivered at Hillsdale College on October 3, 2011, during a four day conference on “Reagan: A Centenary Retrospective”. To access the pdf version click here. ...

The Obama Discount

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Healthcare, Regulatory Policy, Tax Policy | April 15, 2011 at 8:31 pm , by Steve McMillin

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Had the U.S. economy recovered from the current recession the way it bounced back from the other 10 recessions of the Post-War Period, our per capita Gross Domestic Product would be $3,553 higher and 11.9 million more Americans would now be working....

Echoes of the Great Depression

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Regulatory Policy, Tax Policy | October 1, 2010 at 3:13 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Echoes of the Great Depression By Phil Gramm (As published on Wall Street Journal) This may not be your grandfather’s Great Depression, but many aspects of today’s situation would remind him of the 1930s. If the recession that officially ended a year ago feels uncomfortably surreal to you yet familiar...