PGL at Econospeak adds to criticisms of current ‘Reaganolatry’: Federal Tax Revenues During the 1980’s Paul Krugman takes on another aspect with respect to the latest intellectual garbage from Stephen Moore by commenting on Moore’s claim that Federal tax revenues soared from 1980 to 1989: I have a suspicion that the Post forced him to […]

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Paul Krugman points us to problems with economic writing by Moore: Last summer the editorial page editor of the Kansas City Star declared that she won’t be running any more op-eds by Stephen Moore, chief economist of the Heritage Foundation. She had cause: Moore had published an article that purported to refute my debunking of claims […]

Lifted from Robert Waldmann’s Stochastic Thoughts TARP Bottom Line TARP Books Closed (give or not give less than $ 1 billion). According to Lew, the total profit for American taxpayers on TARP investments stands at $15.35 billion. The NYT report added, “Less than $1 billion in taxpayer funds remain scattered in about 35 community banks […]