After much bluster about the debt limit, Republicans are offering an extension until May at a small price: Both houses... READ MORE

The Wall Street Journal ran a staff editorial in today's newspaper urging Greece to adopt a flat tax as a road out of... READ MORE

With both the 14th Amendment and platinum coin options to defuse a debt-limit crisis (apparently) off the table, only... READ MORE

Why the platinum coin idea is no better than other gimmicks.  READ MORE

An argument in favor of the platinum coin.  READ MORE

Donald Marron, head of the Brookings-Urban Tax Policy Center and former director of the Congressional Budget Office,... READ MORE

In the news release announcing his bill to derail the platinum coin effort, Republican Representative Greg Walden says... READ MORE

This morning, Joe Weisenthal and I took our message in favor of minting a trillion-dollar platinum coin to "Bloomberg... READ MORE

I'm glad to see Representative Jerrold Nadler lending his support to the idea that President Barack Obama should avert a... READ MORE

I wrote last week about why House Republicans engage in behavior that is collectively idiotic but individually rational.... READ MORE