By Robert Romano The past decade, the U.S. suffered the worst ever average annual economic growth rate of 1.3316 percent a year. That was even worse than 1930 through 1939 if you can believe that at 1.3334 percent a year, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis . “This is the worst decade for […]

By Rick Manning Congressional Quarterly was kind enough to interview me in its Feb. 6 edition in a conversation about trade , and as expected, the answers were longer than could be accommodated in their magazine spread. The editor of the piece did a fine job, but I felt that some very important nuances found their way onto the cutting room floor, and I did […]

By Robert Romano Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has proposed new legislation, S. 177 , that would require a vote of Congress before the imposition or increase of any tariffs and other duties by President Donald Trump. Decades ago, Congress delegated much of its Article I authority to enact tariffs […]

By Robert Romano In his first 100 hours in office, President Donald Trump appears to have accomplished more for union households and working Americans than former President Barack Obama did in 8 years. And in the process, he may be shaking up the electoral map in ways […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump has taken office, and he is not wasting any time. In his first full business day in office, one of Trump’s first acts was via executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. With the […]

By Robert Romano There are less than 51 hours left in the Obama administration, which will end Jan. 20 at noon Eastern Standard Time. So, what will President Barack Obama’s legacy of office be? Obama will have headed the only administration in modern history that presided over […]

By Natalia Castro In fiscal year 2016 the U.S. National debt rose $1.4 trillion to almost $20 trillion, a drag on the economy that has undermined sustainable economic growth for more than a decade now. Now, President-elect Donald Trump has an historic opportunity to make […]

By Robert Romano President-elect Donald Trump has selected renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, a one-time opponent of Trump’s for the GOP nomination, to be the nation’s next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In making the nomination, Trump said , “Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate […]

By Natalia Castro In 1996, President Clinton did something right in the field of welfare reform. With bipartisan support, changes made government assistance a true transition into the working world and required able bodied adults applying for welfare to prove they were actively job seeking. […]

By Natalia Castro Millennials are quickly realizing college is not all it’s cracked up to be, or rather, all it’s priced up to be. College was meant to assist students to enter the workforce with a competitive edge which would drive up higher employment, instead […]