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America Suffers When Washington Wins
The Washington Post has a “feel-good” story about how the huge expansion in the federal government has created a relatively strong job market in the D.C.area. The story mentions that the f… more →
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El Salvador to Get $250 Million from World Bank
iriesergio wrote 3 hours ago: Like many developing countries throughout the world, El Salvador has been quite adversely affected b … more →
Interesting Stuff: The Canadian Tire Money Edition
Alex wrote 1 day ago: – Paul Krugman comments twice (here and here) on the Christiano et al. and Cogan et al. fiscal … more →
America Suffers When Washington Wins
Dan Mitchell wrote 1 day ago: The Washington Post has a “feel-good” story about how the huge expansion in the federal … more →
What Fed Independence?
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Mario Rizzo wrote 1 day ago: by Jerry O’Driscoll More than 250 economists have signed an “Open Letter to Congress … more →
You knew this was coming
thefutureamerican wrote 2 days ago: As I have predicted for months, if not a year: “[A] surtax on the wealthy.” If anyone is … more →
Social Security Administration Bureaucrats Have a Party…and Taxpayers Pick Up a $700,000 Tab
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Dan Mitchell wrote 2 days ago: With so much money being squandered in Washington, $700,000 does not even rise to the level of an as … more →
Fiscal Irresponsibility
Victor wrote 2 days ago: The CBO preliminarily estimates the cost impact of the House healthcare bill to be $1,042,000,000,00 … more →
Defending Tax Havens on CNBC
Dan Mitchell wrote 3 days ago: Did I win the debate? … more →
Effect of fiscal and monetary policy
rishabhjain1601 wrote 3 days ago: If you are a regular reader of news paper, you must have encoutered the terms fiscal and monetary po … more →
The "Washington Monument Syndrome" Backfires in Massachusetts
Dan Mitchell wrote 3 days ago: While politicians and bureaucrats generally are on the same side, there are occasional conflicts. Fo … more →
Parasites Need a Healthy Host
Dan Mitchell wrote 4 days ago: The moochers and special interests who live off government presumably do not (or at least should not … more →
As California's Finances Go, So Do Programs for the Less Fortunate
iriesergio wrote 4 days ago: The Economist has a good summary of California’s financial distress and what it means in real … more →
Can a Story About Government-Run Health Care Have a Happy Ending?
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Dan Mitchell wrote 4 days ago: In a previous post, I commented about how Oregon’s government-run health system gives people a … more →
Obama Says 20 Percent for Government is too Much!
Dan Mitchell wrote 5 days ago: While perusing Instapundit, I came across a post suggesting that President Obama thinks investment w … more →
Blue Dogs Turn Yellow!
lobotero wrote 5 days ago: A Daily Agitation My sad fortune is that my Representative is one of the cowardly Blue Dog Dems, you … more →
Congress Is Warned!
lobotero wrote 5 days ago: From an article in Reuters: The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday launched a robust defense of its in … more →
AIG Consults Washington
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lobotero wrote 5 days ago: YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING! AP is reporting: American International Group Inc. is consulting with th … more →
The Fiscal Policy Multiplier
Alex wrote 5 days ago: Greg Mankiw points to an interesting new paper by Christiano, Eichenbaum, and Rebelo (henceforth CER … more →
Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Bureaucrats' Fancy Party at Posh Resort
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Dan Mitchell wrote 5 days ago: Remember the much-deserved outrage when AIG executives partied at five-star resorts after getting ba … more →
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