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On par to past recoveries, the unemployment rate would probably be about a point lower than it is right now. if the construction industry for going through what we normally go through, that would be another point lower. the challenge we have right now, part of the challenge we have in terms of growth has to do with the very specific issues of huge cuts in state and local government, and the housing market's still recovering from this massive bubble. and that, these two things are huge headwinds in terms of growth. i say this because if we, for example, put some of those construction workers ba...

will supposedly be paid for by closing loopholes and eliminating wasteful deductions. but the republicans refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close. not one. and by the way, there is no way to get even close to $4.6 trillion in savings without dramatically reducing all kinds of tax breaks that go to middle class families. tax breaks for health care, tax breaks for retirement, tax breaks for homeownership. meanwhile these proposed tax breaks would come on top of more than a trillion dollars in tax giveaways for people making more than $250,000 a year. that's an av...

the french philosopher who was responsible for getting france and perhaps the world to intervene there. he's just back from tripoli. then as another baseball season comes to a close in america, we sit down with michael lewis, the author of "moneyball," to talk about baseball and its lessons for business and life. but first, here's my take. regular "gps" watchers will know that i was in tehran last week to interview president mahmoud ahmadinejad. you can go to our website and watch excerpts of the interview. but being in iran made me think it abouot our policy toward that country w...

the fills on forresponsible for getting france and perhaps the world to intervene there. he's just back from tripoli. then as another baseball season comes to a close in america, we sit down with michael lewis, the author of "moneyball," to talk about baseball and its lessons for business and life. first, here's my take. regular "gps" watchers will know that i was in tehran last week to interview president mahmoud ahmadinejad. you can go to our web site and watch excerpts of the interview. being in iran made me think it our policy toward that country which strikes me as being stu...

Nasdaq finishing a little bit more than 1 point lower. goldman sachs turning it around in the final hour of trading as investors digested reports that the s.e.c.'s case against goldman is weaker than expected. pair that with citigroup blowing past expectations on first quarter earnings and revenue and the financial sector is recuperating from friday's losses. ibm also reporting earnings today and beating expectations as well. the technology giant also raises earnings forecast on an increase in new consulting deals. airplane stocks taking a pounding as investors worry about that cloud of grit...