Unemployment Rate Needs to Rise in House, Senate: Caroline Baum The public is mad as hell at Washington: at the corruption, the underhanded deals, the earmarks, the sense of entitlement that comes with lifetime employment. If we don’t want to take it anymore, we can do something about it.

Summers Shovels Snow on Winter’s Job Prospects: Caroline Baum What did Larry Summers know and when did he know it?

Sex Addicts Give New Impetus to Job Creation: Caroline Baum Congress is itching to spend more money to create jobs. The House of Representatives passed a $154 billion bill in December while the Senate voted for a smaller, $15 billion measure last week.

My Idea of Puppy Love Is Big Chests, Long Torsos, Short Legs “Ears back, not a happy camper,” the woman sitting next to me says to no one in particular.

Bernanke Can Tell Congress He Stiffed the Banks: Caroline Baum When Ben Bernanke makes his pilgrimage to Capitol Hill Wednesday to present the Federal Reserve’s semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress, he will have one new strike against him: the increase in the discount rate. If he plays his cards right, he can turn a liability into an asset -- especially if he follows a few basic pointers, which I’ll get to in a minute.

Higher Inflation Is a Lousy Cure for Meltdowns: Caroline Baum Policy makers are looking for measures to avert the next financial crisis. Most of the proposed solutions involve enhanced regulation. Economists at the International Monetary Fund have a better idea: higher inflation.

Clueless in the Capital Meets Small-Business Ire: Caroline Baum “Washington doesn’t get it.”

Bond Traders See Slim Pickings With Volcker Rule: Caroline Baum It is February 2013, and the U.S. Treasury has embarked on its quarterly refunding operation.

Obama’s Pyramid Schemes Would Make Keynes Happy: Caroline Baum Jobs, jobs, jobs. Meet the new mantra, same as the old mantra.

The Pelosi Fed Is the Dollar’s Worst Nightmare: Caroline Baum Within days of the Republican upset in the Massachusetts special election for the late Ted Kennedy’s seat, Barbara Boxer saw the way forward.