As a conservative economist, I might be expected to oppose a stimulus plan. In fact, on The Washington Post op-ed page in October, I declared my support for a stimulus. But the fiscal package now before Congress needs to be thoroughly revised. In its current form, it does too little to raise national spending and employment. It would be better for the Senate to delay legislation for a month, or even two, if that's what it takes to produce a much better bill. ...more

February 1, 2009

Florida Home Health, owned and operated by Almost Family, announced recently that it has been ranked No. 24 in Forbes' 2008 listing of the 200 Best Small Companies in America, rising from No. 77 ranking in 2007. ...more

November 16, 2008

Will stocks benefit now that the government is letting investors bet on financial stocks going down? ...more

October 10, 2008

Shares of Toyota Motor Corp. plunged Wednesday following a major business daily report that Toyota's operating profit would fall 40 percent this fiscal year through March. ...more

October 9, 2008

Merrill Lynch & Co. on Thursday recorded its biggest quarterly loss since being founded 94 years ago after the world's largest brokerage took almost $15 billion worth of write-downs from bad subprime mortgage bets. ...more

January 18, 2008

I try to provide advice to keep people from plunging into debt during the season of shopping madness. ...more

December 2, 2007

even if we don't get a recession. Investors are anxiously awaiting third-quarter earnings, worried that a slowing economy may have damaged company profits. But even if the economy keeps humming along, things could get rough for stock-market investors. ...more

October 7, 2007