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- Paul Krugman Protests Too Much Me Thinks 3:02pm Nov 20
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Congrats, Andrew!Here's what Darmouth had to say about it:Andrew Samwick, a Dartmouth professor of economics and director of the Nelson A...
www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/republican-budget-hypocrisy-health-care-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.htmlRemember the Medicare drug benefit...
Two excellent posts from Paul Krugman today and yesterday about why for substantive and technical reasons the federal deficit and debt aren't the threats to the economy some say they are. I agree; substantively there is little to complain about. The fiscal policy in place over the past year has ...
Sometimes you just have to scream at the top of your lungs. Given that it's currently very early in the morning and my beautiful and talented wife (The BTW) is still asleep, I'm going to post it here instead. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) likes everyone to think he's the ultimate fiscal co...
According to a government report out this morning the federal government spends $100 billion per year improperly. In dollar terms, a lot of the improper payments go to programs for the poor: supplemental nutrition assistance, school lunches, Medicaid, EITC...
My column in today's Roll Call will help you appear to be an in-the-know budget person when you're next on Capital Hill.Congress Deserves Some Slack for the Appropriations DelayNov...
www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/17/the_party_of_fiscal_babies__99180.html
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Since the No Child Left Behind Act was passed, to mixed reviews and with mixed success, I have been thinking about how the Republican Party should promote its education agenda of more choice and less control by teacher unions and other non-parental groups. This is an agenda that I support. I t...
When people start saying that the price of anything has reached a permanently high level, it's usually a good sign that it has peaked and will soon fall. Not a prediction, just an observation. www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/faber-gold-permanently-over-1000/
Would it really be so bad? Bruce Bartlett In 1944, the Austrian economist F.A. Hayek published an extraordinarily influential book, The Road to Serfdom....
I previously noted the confusing way recipients of stimulus funds were asked to calculate the number of jobs created or saved. Here is more evidence. www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/11/11/stimulus_fund_job_benefits_exaggerated_review_finds/
My column in today's Roll Call was inspired by what Bruce and Pete posted lasted week on budget commissions. As noted in the column, I served on one of these commissions and so know first hand that a bunch of things have to happen for them to have a chance of accomplishing anything. It's not c...
Looks like Obama's effort is going nowhere. http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/blog/_archives/2009/11/10/4377094.html
