Does the president “manage the economy”?

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Apparently some people think that "managing the economy"* is a presidential responsibility.  From Reuters/Zogby: McCain now has a 9-point edge, 49 percent to 40 percent, over Obama on the critical question of who would be the best manager of the economy -- an issue nearly half of voters said was their top ...

SCHIP director: SCHIP lacks “actual evidence of the benefits for children”

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Via Michael Cannon at Cato-at-Liberty: Like other advocates for children’s health, I have an almost religious conviction that the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is effective public policy. ... Although I have no empirical evidence to support the assertion that SCHIP is a beneficial and effective way to invest in ...