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Dr. Goolsbee gets it wrong on the auto loans

This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace moderated a discussion about the auto industry. One of his guests was Dr. Austan Goolsbee, who is a Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist on the President’s…

Blog status report

KeithHennessey.com has now been live for eight weeks. I would like to thank you for reading and give you a status update.

• I am pleased with the traffic for this fledgling effort. I’ve had about 150K visits in eight weeks. I am not certain how good that is, but it feels…

Responding to Chrysler comments

As a novice blogger I have been repeatedly surprised and humbled by the thoughtful comments posted on this blog. I want to thank all of you who are contributing to a civil and thoughtful discussion.

How many uninsured people need additional help from taxpayers?

When discussing health insurance we frequently hear that there are “46 million uninsured” in America. This figure is from a monthly survey of about 50,000 households done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census…

Jobs Day

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the March employment report at 8:30 am. Here is the least you need to know:

• Net payroll employment declined in March by 663,000 jobs.
• That’s a terrible number, and in line with expectations.