Lawrence Kudlow

KUDLOW: Insurance idea a win-win

The single-biggest mistake in the Paulson bank-rescue-plan marketing effort has been the failure to explain clearly how taxpayers will recoup $700 billion used to buy toxic assets at auction to unfreeze the banking system. In other words, folks don't understand how taxpayers will be paid back, and may actually make profits, which will enable the new government debt to be erased after the Treasury bank rescue is completed.

September 30, 2008

KUDLOW: Give Paulson a clean bill

Honestly. A clean bill as requested by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, along with Sen. John McCain's oversight board, can help fix the credit-crunch problem. It needn't be this hard.

September 26, 2008

KUDLOW: Paulson’s courageous action

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is the man of the hour. Last weekend he drew a clear line in the sand: no more federal bailouts. Not for Lehman Brothers. Not for global insurer AIG. Not for Merrill Lynch. Not for anyone.

September 19, 2008

KUDLOW: Sarah Palin, our energy answer

The No. 1 economic issue this election is gasoline prices at the pump. The tax-hike effect of surging oil on global markets that has translated to a huge spike at your local gas station has drained the economy of its vitality. It has damaged consumer purchasing power, made it tougher to pay mortgages on time, worsened the credit crunch, raised the inflation rate, undermined corporate profits, and thrown stocks into the first bear market in five years.

September 5, 2008