Wall Street Journal

Europe's Phony Growth Debate

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
The austerity vs. spending fight ignores essential reforms.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
Paul Wolfowitz on Saudi Arabia's desire to save Iraq's Shiite population after the first Gulf War in 1991.


Glenn Hubbard: Obama's Budget Means a Tax Increase on Everyone

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
Maintaining the president's higher spending levels will require raising taxes for all Americans, including an 11% increase on those earning less than $200,000.


Andrew Biggs: A Payroll Tax Cut Could Help Social Security

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
Higher earnings would keep more people from retiring early.


Fouad Ajami: America's Syria Abdication

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
A no-fly, no-drive zone on the border with Turkey would critically alter the terms of engagement. Everyone is waiting on Washington's leadership.


Hannes H. Gissurarson: The Financial Crisis on Trial

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
Iceland's former prime minister is found guilty of not holding enough meetings.


Abdul Hafeez Shaikh: Pakistan's Untold Economic Story

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
Growth could hit 4% this year, and the Karachi Stock Exchange has doubled in four years.


Jenkins: Wal-Mart Innocents Abroad

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
Multinationals in an unfamiliar market face a choice: Play by the local rules or change the rules.


Best of the Web Today: 'We Can't Wait'

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
The Republicans have a new campaign slogan. Wait, make that the Democrats.


A Daring Raid, and no Leeway

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
"Twelve Desperate Miles" tells the story of how a Standard Fruit Co. vessel that hauled bananas from the U.S. to the Caribbean was drafted for an attack on North Africa's coast. Mark Yost reviews.


Disabling Common Sense

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
New federal rules would raise costs for hiring the disabled.


The End of Borderless Europe?

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
Another potential casualty of the French presidential election.


Medicare's Obama Donation

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
An $8.35 billion 'demonstration' to get past November.


Bjørn Lomborg: An Economic Approach to the Environment

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
Resources are limited. Cost-benefit analysis can inform our decisions.


McGurn: What's U.S. Citizenship Worth?

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
America is no longer as attractive to highly successful people as we like to think.


Stephens: As Goes France

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
Even exceptional nations cannot ignore the laws of economic gravity.


John J. Dilulio Jr.: Chuck Colson and Second Chances

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
How a Watergate villain dedicated his life to helping prisoners—and changed my mind about crime.


Diamond and Saez: High Tax Rates Won't Slow Growth

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
We're not close to the top of the Laffer Curve. Raising tax rates is part of a sensible deficit reduction strategy.


Rivkin and Casey: Overturning ObamaCare Isn't 'Judicial Activism'

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
If the Supreme Court upholds purchase mandates in health care, they will become a mainstay of federal regulation throughout the U.S. economy.


Partisan, and Proud of it

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:21
"Do Not Ask What Good We Do" captures the drama of one of Congress's most combative and maddeningly frustrating years in memory. Jonathan Karl reviews.


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