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Imagine. Our military veterans are apparently being cheated out of timely medical treatment. The French are undermining our tense dance with Russia. The Syrians are again gassing their citizens. The nuclear deal with Iran is faltering. The Vietnamese are burning down foreign-owned factories to retaliate against the Chinese, the Gulf …

Americans struggle with stagnant wages and rising prices. Yet the Federal Reserve is obsessed with boosting inflation with easy money policies that may actually discourage reforms that would help jobs creation and lessen income inequality. Over the last year, consumer prices were up 1.1 percent. That was historically low, because …

Friday, the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added 150,000 jobs in February. This is less than half the pace needed to lower unemployment to an acceptable level, and President Obama’s budget promises little relief. Unemployment could slip to 6.5 percent because more adults quit looking for work. …