George W. Bush

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  Ryan Warns of Obama Tax-and-Spend ‘Path to Debt and Decline’

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 11, 2012

  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan slammed President Obama’s policy at a ‘Tax Policies for 4% Growth’ conference sponsored by the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

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  George Bush, Chris Christie Talk Taxes at New York Forum

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 10, 2012

  Former President George W. Bush and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey targeted President Barack Obama’s current fiscal policy at a day of Republican tax and budget talks in New York.

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  Tax Hike Needed

  By Alexei Bayer  |  February 1, 2012

  We’re conditioned to regard taxation as bad for the economy.

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  Whitney’s Muni Scare Allowed Banks to Cash In: Bloomberg

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  December 14, 2011

  Bloomberg continued its campaign Wednesday to hold Meredith Whitney accountable for her prediction that 'hundreds of billions of dollars' of municipal defaults would occur within 12 months of her '60 Minutes' interview, noting that one fallout of her prediction was to allow banks to cash in.

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  New Hire Roundup: Nash Moves Up at Fiserv; Sanctuary to Support Gordian

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2011

  This week in new hires, Cheryl Nash was named president of Fiserv’s investment services division; Gordian Wealth Advisors hired Sanctuary Wealth Services to support its business; and Tom Ridge became a member of the board at FSIC.

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  Europe’s Creditanstalt Moment—Is It Really 1931 Again?: News Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  November 10, 2011

  Historians might one day wonder why it was that at exactly the time the European model was crumbling, the U.S. chose to weaken itself with similar policies.

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  MFS’ Pozen Takes Aim at U.S. Deficit, Slams Target-Date Funds: RIS

  By Sherry Christie  |  October 21, 2011

  Éminence grise of investment management invites Retirement Income Symposium attendees to ponder 8.5% rates of return on state pensions.

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  How a Freethinking Economist Saved Your Retirement Portfolio

  By Gerald Burstyn  |  September 29, 2011

  Research by economist Richard Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago, has “nudged” vast numbers of Americans to a higher savings rate.

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  Former Bush Economist Floats Retirement Reform Plan

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 9, 2011

  An economist to former President George H.W. Bush unveiled a proposal to reform the retirement savings system by replacing the deduction for contributions to retirement savings accounts with a flat-rate refundable credit deposited directly into a saver’s account.

• Deferred Liability

  By Alexei Bayer  |  September 1, 2011

  American national debt held steady, in the $2-3 trillion range, for three decades until the early 1980s. It began to rise rapidly at that point, dipping briefly when it reached the $7 trillion mark in the late 1990s and then taking off in earnest after 2000.