If You Look At The Studies Coming

A Successful Argument For A Government Manufacturing Policy Has To Go Beyond The Feeling That It's Better To Produce 'real Things' Than Services. American Consumers Value Health Care And Haircuts As Much As Washing Machines And Hair Dryers.

Fewer People Working Means Permanently Lower Tax Revenues.

Making Labor Less Expensive Helps Firms Hire People.

If You Think About It, Candidate Obama, Sen. Obama, Was Running On Sort Of Long-run Economic Issues, Like Restoring Prosperity To The Middle Class, Dealing With The Perennial Problem Of Health Care In The United States. He Talked A Lot About The Budget Deficit, About The Need To Transition To Clean Energy.

Honest Talk About The Deficit Is Risky. Voters Are More Enthusiastic About The Abstract Notion Of Deficit Reduction Than About The Painful Details Of Accomplishing It.