“The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and understand.”

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

Those allies who failed to join us will regret it. They’re making a mistake.

Let me tell you, you can paint pictures and get people indicted for just about anything.

Given our inevitably incomplete knowledge about key structural aspects of our ever-changing economy and the sometimes asymmetric costs or benefits of particular outcomes, a central bank.

I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the economy. It might be technically possible, but it is not realistic.

In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial markets could signal or precipitate an excessive softening in household and business spending.

The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.

I have long argued that paying down the national debt is beneficial for the economy.

The economy is turning, and credit comes in with a lag, .. To the extent that a number of small firms are finding it difficult to get the credit they need at a price they can afford, that’s likely to change for the better.

While local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its size and diversity.

The arts develop skills and habits of mind that are important for workers in the new economy of ideas.