James Glassman

James Glassman
James Kenneth Glassmanis the founding executive director of the George W. Bush Institute, a public policy development institution focused on creating independent, non-partisan solutions to America's most pressing public policy problems through the principles that guided President George W. Bush and his wife Laura in public life. The George W. Bush Institute is based within the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas...
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They are not committing anybody to a March rate hike.
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After doing the basics, government should get out of the way and let the city develop in a natural and organic way,
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Bankruptcy has a negative connotation to many people, but it's an important part of the streamlining of America. For companies that have gotten themselves down a dead-end alley, it's a way to back up and rethink.
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The consumer is slowing down gradually, so anybody dealing with a customer is going to find that it's a lot more competitive.
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The toys are there. Everyone has access to the same technology.
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It's reasonable for investors to be concerned with inflation, given six months ago we were talking about deflation. What we're seeing is the purchasing managers are telling us that the costs of some materials are going up. The question is, can it be passed on to consumers?
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These long-run worries, there's an element of truth to them, but I think frankly the fears are exaggerated.
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This report just puts together all the news that people had been looking at for the last several weeks. The Fed is going to do what it takes because they fear that maybe growth in the first quarter is close to zero.
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Two things every American knows: the price at the gas pump and their house story. We all sense there is a shift in the market . . . from a seller's market to a buyer's market. We'll see more in the data in the coming months that will confirm what we all know.
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This sounds like a good idea. It does make sense in much of the world.
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When you're an economist trained in conceptual stuff, you tend to be less intuitive. You fall back on this conceptual framework that the profession has invested a lot of time in.
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There is a way they come to a conclusion, and it is your job to not constantly be picking fights with it,
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The extraordinary events of the time make a person. He'll be bigger than life because of that.
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When the economy recovers, the last place you are going to see it is in the job numbers.