It ranks among the biggest forecasting errors ever. Back in 2001, the Congressional Budget Office projected federal budget surpluses of $5.6 trillion for 2002-2011. Instead we got $6.1 trillion of ...

One curiosity of the cyber age is that the American public seems relatively unconcerned by what, arguably, is the biggest threat from the internet: attacks on the nation’s “critical infrastructure” — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington Post columnist Robert J. Samuelson in 2019. - (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Robert J. Samuelson, who sought to ...

This is the summer of our discontent. As Americans celebrate July 4, they are mad at their leaders, mad at their government and mad at each other. A recent Pew poll finds that “public trust in ...

I read a Washington Post column of yours just after Christmas—the one about the fairness dilemma and how Baby Boomers need to take a hit on Social Security and Medicare. You’ve been making these ...

Let’s celebrate a quiet revolution: the return of “full employment.” In the 1960s and 1970s politicians and economists clamored for it, defining full employment as an unemployment rate of 4 percent.

THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS ARE HAVING ANOTHER trade debate, but there is less to it than meets the eye. The issue is no longer “”free trade” versus “”protectionism,” because history and technology ...

Last week, the Washington Post published a debate on access to higher education between the columnist Robert Samuelson and William E. Kirwan, the chancellor… Become a member and enjoy the very best ...

The Cambridge City administration was strongly urged last night to move swiftly towards adopting an urban renewal program for the ...