Politics and Government

From Forbes.com, John Tamny writes immigration grandstanding by Ted Cruz vandalizes basic economics. 

At CNBC, Jeff Cox reports consumer spending was below expectations in October. 

Monetary

In The Hill, Peter Schroeder and Vicki Needham report the GOP is piling on the Fed. 

AEI’s James Pethokoukis, continues his strange camaraderie with propagandists Paul Krugman and Brad DeLong in their crusade against the gold standard.

At FT, Katie Martin says the Fed specializes in nasty surprises. 

Spending

The Orlando Sentinel says Marco Rubio’s support for sugar subsidies could hurt him.