ProGrowthLiberal at Econospeak reminds us of a central tenet myth of this electoral campaign, and an example of political pressure on information sources: Tax Policy: You Can’t Handle the Truth Sahil Kapur reports on something that does not surprise me on two levels: The author of a Congressional Research Service study, who found no evidence […]
(Dan here… This one is still relevant. I let it hang in drafts by mistake.) by Linda Beale Romney shows he’s a “know-it-all” who has no real ideas at all. I missed almost all of the first debate but watched most of this second one. My quick sum-up of the action was the Obama was […]
by David Zetland David Zetland is a senior water economist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and maintains a blog on water issues at Aguanomics. It’s not as simple as selling books Many people ask me to comment on statements made by journalists covering the water sector. Most of the time, I am happy […]
by Linda Beale Romney’s CRUT Tax Shelter\ The Bloomberg press has looked further at Romney’s use of trusts and other arrangements to avoid taxes, using Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain more information than was released by Romney in his meager tax return release. Romney established a charitable trust in 1996 of a type […]
by Mike Kimel The Economic System of the Apostles I am not a Christian, but if I was, I suspect the following verses from the Acts of the Apostles would have an impact on my life. Acts of the Apostles, 2: 44-47 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions […]
by Kenneth Thomas Discussing Tax Increment Financing on TV I recently appeared on a local public access TV show, Conversation with Lee Presser, discussing tax increment financing and European Union subsidy control regulations. It’s a great format, just an almost 30-minute discussion without interruption, which allowed me to explain the problems with TIF as it […]
Reader Jan Galkowski sends this caution about promoting Hurricane Sandy as the result of climate change. The following is taken from an e-mail to me yesterday: There’s a lot being written about Hurricane Sandy in connection with climate change. It is likely that this hurricane was exacerbated by human induced climate change, notably the excessively […]
by Linda Beale The right-wing’s “breadwinner conservatism”–starve the state; support traditional families (only) Many of us who think about tax and economic policy have been confounded by the tendency of lower-middle-class families to vote Republican, which means they are ultimately voting against their own economic interests for a party that wants all the benefits of […]