James Pethokoukis

Friday, May 24, 2013

James Pethokoukis is the Money & Politics columnist-blogger for the American Enterprise Institute. Previously, he was the Washington columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. Pethokoukis has written for many publications including USNews & World Report, The New York Times, The Weekly Standard, Commentary, USA Today, and Investor's Business Daily. Pethokoukis is also an official CNBC contributor. In addition, he has appeared numerous times on MSNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, The McLaughlin Group, CNN, and Nightly Business Report on PBS. A graduate of Northwestern University and the Medill School of Journalism, Pethokoukis is a 2002 Jeopardy! champion.

Economics, Energy and the Environment, Pethokoukis

Matt Ridley: ‘The strong possibility that climate change will be slow and harmless must be taken seriously’

James Pethokoukis | May 23, 2013, 2:43 pm

Matt “The Rational Optimist” Ridley highlights an interesting new study by Oxford climate scientists on climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide emissions: It uses the most robust method, of analysing the Earth’s heat budget over the past hundred years or so, to … read more >

Pethokoukis, Economics, U.S. Economy

Every GOPer should read what McKinsey says about technological unemployment

James Pethokoukis | May 23, 2013, 1:36 pm

By the early 2020s, entitlement spending will likely drive ever larger US budget deficits. In 2023, for instance, so-called mandatory outlays will be 14.1% of GDP, a percentage point higher than today. And another decade out, they could equal nearly … read more >

Pethokoukis, Economics, U.S. Economy

Wow! New York Fed: The US economy will accelerate sharply in 2014

James Pethokoukis | May 23, 2013, 11:15 am

The economic team at the New York Fed offers a pretty darn rosy forecast for next year: 3.6% GDP growth (vs. 2.3% in 2014) with the economy adding a whopping 302,000 net new jobs a month (vs. 144,000 in 2014) … read more >

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Is the pro-middle class conservative project already doomed?

James Pethokoukis | May 23, 2013, 10:10 am

First a story: Not so long ago, I chatted with a top Senate GOP staffer who had seen me mentioned in a Politico story about the divide between conservative wonks and Republican politicians. (As reporter Jonathan Martin put it, “Conservative … read more >

Pethokoukis, Economics, U.S. Economy

Is ‘Bladerunner with food stamps’ America’s future?

James Pethokoukis | May 22, 2013, 3:06 pm

Walter Russell Mead outlines two possible futures for middle-class Americans: one where most of us lose “the race against the machine,” the other where smart government policies enable an eventual successful transition to an economy where IT and robots do … read more >

Also of Interest

Bernanke’s much-needed optimism

It’s hardly an encouraging sign of a nation’s economic vitality when its most optimistic policymakers are its central bankers.

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The IRS and big government

The expanding Internal Revenue Service scandal could hardly be any more Drudgeriffic.

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Ferguson's blooper on Keynes

It was an unusually feisty weekend in corners of the blogosphere and Twitterverse where dwell economists and economic-policy wonks.

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