Free Trade Update Matt Yglesias reports from the convention that Laura D’Andrea Tyson (former Clinton National Economic Adviser and current Kerry advisor), in no uncertain terms, stated that Kerry supports free trade: It is an irony that “the evidence is getting stronger every day that globalization has benefits while skepticism is growing stronger.” “When people […]

Computer Science and Outsourcing Notwithstanding the cry and furor over outsourcing, and several poignant stories readers and commenters have shared, the market for computer scientists appears to still be strong: $49,691 seems pretty good for entry level computer scientists. AB

Bush More Like Carter Than Reagan … as measured by oil prices: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday that crude stocks rose in the United States by 1.2 million barrels to 300.5 million barrels amid record imports of 11.3 million barrels per day (bpd). The $43 per barrel price is the loftiest level […]

The Real Deal I’ve liked Obama — the “skinny kid with a funny name” — since I first took a closer look at him last March. His speech Tuesday night was truly great. Here’s the transcript, here’s the streaming video, and here’s where you can contribute to his campaign. That said, he’s currently unopposed, so […]

A Cheesey Tax-Induced Export Subsidy with Transfer Pricing Holes Letters To Switzerland is the transfer pricing chapter of David Kay Johnson’s Perfectly Legal – who argues certain multinationals are diverting income from the U.S. Treasury offshore. The topic of transfer pricing manipulation was also raised by a John Plender and Martin Simons article in the […]

A Good Idea Digby has one: I have a public service idea for the convention bloggers. When you are talking to reporters, why don’t you all mention that they should read The Daily Howler? Sommerby does the absolute best press criticism in the blogosphere… AB

Amensia over War versus “Send Me” The GOP reactions to last night speeches at the DNC in Boston are already contradicting themselves. While the RNC is saying two-thirds of the comments were negative, Tucker Carlson ranks the criticism of Bush an “F”. Maybe Tucker was expecting Bob Novak type snarls and his own pattern of […]

Voting for Kerry Looking for reasons to vote for Kerry, instead of simply against Bush? Read this piece by Thomas Oliphant in the current issue of The American Prospect. Kash

Sullivan Coming Around I’ve always said a few things about Andrew Sullivan: smart and a good writer, but sadly, roughly equal parts misguided and disingenuous. Today, in a scathing analysis of the Bush administration, he displays the first two characteristics admirably. Here’s a sample, but the rest is similar and well worth reading: There has […]

The Million Billionaire March Wondering what the group Billionaires for Bush is up to during the DNC in Boston? True to the grassroots nature of their crusade to hold on to the hard-fought advances that billionaires have enjoyed over the past 3½ years, they are holding a protest march. I wish them well – may […]