Tag: economy
member name: The Militant Moderate
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December 16, 2009 07:59 PM EST --
The economics group at LLI occasionally engages in interesting email debates. I set one off last week when I sent them this . I put a lot of time into my latest response, so I thought I would post . . .
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September 29, 2008 06:06 PM EDT --
She knew that the agreement was hanging by its fingernails. The Republican leadership had just enough votes. So she makes a highly partisan speech just before the vote, pissing off enough . . .
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July 06, 2009 03:43 PM EDT --
President Obama’s approval ratings continue to decline. I attribute this phenomenon largely to the waning support of two very different groups; moderates and the Democratic Party’s left . . .
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October 13, 2009 07:45 AM EDT --
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October 13, 2009 07:16 PM EDT --
According to Robert Reich
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April 17, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
I was surprised that George Stephanopoulos, a member of the Clinton Administration, was one of the questioners.
Both candidates said they would not raise taxes on families making less than $200,000 . . .
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May 18, 2008 10:57 AM EDT --
NOTE (2/10/2009) This post, from last May, is a little embarrassing, because I was obviously wrong. I find it interesting that economists can't tell us precisely when when we have entered or . . .
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March 28, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
Under the Obama Budget, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the US deficit will be $1.8 trillion in 2009 (4 times the highest deficit under the Bush administration), decline to $658 billion . . .
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July 30, 2009 09:37 PM EDT --
Government to suspend 'cash for clunkers'
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99P2U9G1&show_article=1
Like maybe they didn't think this through before they did it.
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June 12, 2009 09:58 AM EDT --
Why do so many people on Gather immediately resort to name calling? I have received it from both the left and the right. (I am proud of the fact that I can piss off both sides.) . . .
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July 02, 2009 09:14 PM EDT --
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee about half of all US home mortgages and were squarely in the middle of the mortgage meltdown. In the last two years they have lost more than $150 billion. . . .
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August 06, 2009 02:42 PM EDT --
The economics editor of National Review (that right wing, Republican, reactionary, neo-fascist, hates all women children and minorities publication) supports the Cash for Clunkers program.
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October 03, 2009 09:26 AM EDT --
Unemployment is now 9.8%.*
During the Bush administration Democrats talked about jobless recoveries and reminded us that the official unemployment rate did not reflect those who were working . . .
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August 09, 2009 09:53 AM EDT --
Sunday’s New York Times has a good discussion of cap and trade vs. a carbon tax.
Greg Mankiw is a professor of economics at Harvard. His objection to the current cap and trade bill is that, . . .
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May 20, 2008 06:29 PM EDT --
For some time I have been puzzling over the relationship between tax rates and federal revenue. I hope to publish more on this later. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal * just published a opinion . . .
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December 05, 2008 07:03 PM EST --
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April 26, 2009 01:49 PM EDT --
You gotta love the cover of this week's Economist
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May 26, 2008 08:43 AM EDT --
The chart below illustrates the percentage of the US budget devoted to National Defense, Human Resources, including Medicare and Social Security, and Net Interest on the US debt. The numbers will not . . .
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June 27, 2008 08:50 PM EDT --
I have always been fascinated with the use of numbers in political arguments. It is possible to state essentially the same fact, but the numbers you use to express it make a world of difference. A recent . . .
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September 29, 2008 07:29 PM EDT --
I am so glad Wachovia bought AG Edwards. My $54 stock closed today at $1.84.
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