Word: tightfistedness
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The abrupt drop in business activity reflects the concerns of newly tightfisted consumers, whose spending makes up two-thirds of all U.S. economic activity. Gone is the pent-up demand for autos, houses and other big-ticket items that helped make last year's growth the fastest in 10 years...
One irony is that many of Kagan's detractors on campus are also great advocates of Western Civ. Another is that by implying that multiculturalism, rather than clashing egos and tightfisted administrators, was interfering with Bass's gift, the Wall Street Journal editorial writers helped ensure the demise of a...
Consumer spending had little to do with the uptick. Pocketbooks are opening once again in France: consumer spending on manufactured goods is up 0.7% for the first quarter, compared with the same period last year. But in Germany and most of the rest of the E.U., wallets have stayed shut...
For years it was easy to argue that welfare needed reform in order to save money. But the current crusade proves that the most powerful motives lie elsewhere. Tightfisted Republicans are prepared to spend more; large majorities of voters are willing to spend more, so long as the money is...
Last week the Prime Minister's grip weakened when the Social Democrats, the largest party in his coalition, threatened to quit over a new plan to cut taxes $55 billion this year and impose a new 7% "national welfare" sales tax in 1997. The changes were part of a $138...