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The Irrelevancy of the Paradox of Thrift
USThrift Blog is back from a long winter’s nap and the birth a new little Wilcox. This post has been published by Forbes. It argues that American households are not stifling economic recovery by… more →
Whatever Happened to Thrift
The Irrelevancy of the Paradox of Thrift
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wilcoxr wrote 10 months ago: USThrift Blog is back from a long winter’s nap and the birth a new little Wilcox. This post ha … more →
A Progressive Consumption Tax
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: One of the most persistent questions I get when I write or am interviewed about consumption taxes is … more →
How the Government Discourages Savings
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: This post was picked up by Forbes and they have asked me to pull it from my own blog site, at least … more →
The Miami Mortgage Co.
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: Just to the left of a Skyline Chili poster, and just under a cardboard moose head, my office wall di … more →
Barack Obama for President
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: [The version of this blog post appearing on Forbes.com can be found here] I’m a conservative. … more →
The Politics of 401(k)'s
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: The winds of political populism are never far from the surface of American politics. They can come f … more →
The Open Wounds of Class Warfare
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: The checkout line at the grocery store is generally an uneventful place. I’m usually moving as … more →
A (Really) Small Business Index of the Economy
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: One almost-compulsive habit I have is asking “how is business going?” whenever I have oc … more →
Savings and the Housing Crisis
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: One of the common explanations for the current housing crisis, and the subsequent sub-prime mortgage … more →
Teaching Reckless Spending By Example
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: When you go to Las Vegas you enter a surreal world of fake Eiffel Towers and Venetian gondolas that … more →
The Pope Visits Mile High
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: Rising from the floor of Mile High Stadium, perched on a perfectly symmetric series of ascending cir … more →
PBS Interview -- Your Investments with Adam Bold, Part 2
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: Adam Bold, founder and Chief Investment Officer of the Mutual Fund Store, invited me to do an interv … more →
The Forgotten Issue
wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: Here is an updated and expanded commentary on the presidential candidates’ positions on some i … more →
Reaction to The Weekly Standard Review.
wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: My book was reviewed this week by The Weekly Standard’s Irwin Stelzer. Founded by William Kri … more →
Mr. Obama's Sugar-coated Doughnut
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: There are about 116 million households in the U.S. About 22 million of them have incomes over $100 t … more →
An Unintended Consequence of Student Loans
wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: My own institution, The University of Virginia (UVA), has undergone a transformation in funding that … more →
Presidential Candidates Duck Hard Issues on Savings
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: For all the rhetoric about change, the current Presidential candidates have proposed precious little … more →
The Federal Government's Propaganda to Spend
wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: The U.S. federal government should be looking for solutions to the savings problem, not exacerbating … more →
How the Presidential Candidates Address the Savings Problem
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wilcoxr wrote 1 year ago: One question that I’m frequently asked is how the current presidential candidates address the … more →
