by cactus Poverty and the Real Median Income I want to take a break from my usual taxes and economic growth beat, and I figured why not look at poverty and income. Normally I’d pull the data from the Census site, but for some reason it was down when I went looking (that’s right, folks, […]

So far the topical open threads have gathered great material. As Bruce mentioned and hoped, the partisan nature that accompanied certain posts was muted when readers could offer a  look at topics such as trade and entitlements without the intervening point of view of a particular post. Angry Bear will always offer attitude and links, but I […]

by Linda Beale A quote from Amartya Sen, and my New Year’s Tax Resolutions (for Congress and the Obama Administration) The time between December 30 and January 4 seems to be filled with lists. Along with the ever-present list of “to dos” that haven’t been done and still are hanging around waiting for our attention, […]

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by cactus Economic Growth: Blood Suckers v. Free Lunchers Good evening, and welcome to another episode of Comparing Presidents: Tax Burden v. Economic Growth. But looking at things from a Democrat v. Republican perspective seems to be a step too far for some readers, so this time we’ll do something different. For the purpose of […]

by Rebecca Wilder Earlier this year, I compared US migration with that in Canada – one healthy, the other not so much. As a sequel to the story, the Census released its figures for migration into 2009, and the pattern in the US has worsened (you can download the here). The picture of American mobility […]

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