President Obama’s changing economic problem definition & deficit strategy

In advance of tomorrow’s State of the Union address I have been rereading President Obama’s major economic speeches. I had hoped to show a progression of argument, but that didn’t pan out. Instead two…

The President’s economic policy priorities

The President’s 2012 economic policy agenda emphasizes four policy challenges:

1. the loss of American manufacturing employment;
2. America’s dependence on oil;
3. America’s sub-par (my…