In a historic and shocking vote Thursday, the British public opted to leave the 28-nation European Union, ending weeks of speculation. On Morning Joe today, I analyzed some of the main reasons behind the “leave” vote. For the video clip, click here. As we […]
As Bernie Sanders would say, student debt has become a huge problem (and one that he capitalized on to attract millennial support.) More than $1.2 trillion of student debt is outstanding – and the figure continues to rise. Below are some of my charts from today’s Morning Joe that explain what’s driving this issue. For […]
Even for believers in fiscal responsibility, the examples of two of the most maligned government agencies – the TSA and the IRS – show that indiscriminate cutting of Federal spending can have adverse consequences for many Americans. Below are a couple of charts from today’s Morning Joe. For the video clip, click here. […]
With both parties having settled on presumptive nominees, attention is now turning to who Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump might select as their running mates. The betting markets can shed a little light on this, as well as on the state of the overall contest for the presidency. Below are my charts from Morning Joe […]
On Thursday, Donald Trump announced his new national finance chairman (a Goldman Sachs alumnus) and so, not surprisingly, he will be, like Hillary Clinton, trying to raise a huge amount of money for his Presidential campaign. Let’s examine what Donald Trump would have to do to be competitive financially with Hillary Clinton (and we can […]
Following the one-sided results in the New York presidential primaries, the principal remaining drama is whether Donald Trump will get to the 1,237 delegates that he needs to ensure nomination on the first ballot and what will happen if he doesn’t. At the moment, the online prediction markets are divided but slightly tilted in Mr. […]
Banks and Wall Street pay are sure to be major topics at tonight’s Democratic debate. The bottom line is that whether banks have gotten bigger or not depends on how you measure it. But no matter how you measure Wall Street pay, it has gone up a lot. Below are a few charts that illustrate […]
The terrorist attacks in Brussels have brought new attention to the relationships between Muslims and the western world and particularly, the differences between the United States and Europe in that regard. Below are three charts that explain this. For the Morning Joe clip, click here. […]
The recent round of Presidential primaries ripped the scab off the simmering issue of trade and the state of the typical American worker. By substantial margins, voters who participated in exit polls said that trade was hurting American workers more than helping them. Indeed, the anger and anxiety of the voters has a firm grounding […]
As political experts continue to grapple with the weekend results from South Carolina, and particularly Trump’s success among white men and evangelicals, it’s worth focusing on two overlapping groups in which Trump also did well: Republicans with a high school education or less and those with incomes below $50,000. […]
