by Linda Beale David Cay Johnston on the Child-Care Credit crossposted with Ataxingmatter David Cay Johnston, former tax reporter for the New York Times, now does a column in the weekly Tax Notes called “Johnston’s Take.”  This week, he examines Alan Viard’s claim that the child-care credit is a boon for working parents.   Download Who […]

How many of you read Frank Rich In the Sunday New York Times? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07rich.html?_r=1 It is an interesting approach. But I would do him one better. I would suggest to Obama that he offers the Republicans a deal for the Bush tax cuts for those making more than $250,000. Offer to sign legislation for this […]

by Bruce Webb A year and a half ago I put up a post here called The Fierce Urgency of ‘Nothing’ whose conclusion was: “Nothing”. The numerically proven plan for Social Security since 1997. So you can imagine my gratification at running across the following by the co-author of the must read book from 1999 […]

lifted from comments by spencer on Mike Kimel’s post Very bad economic theory (historiography) From Real Civilian GDP in July this year. From 1933 to 1950 real civilian GDP grew at a 5.6% growth rate even though it fell -18.4% and -14.8% in 1943 and 1944 — a decline about the same as the drop […]

I want to point to Linda Beale’s post with Naked Capitalism, where additional commentary is added from Yves Smith and a few others. Worth a visit for sure.

By Daniel Becker I just want to lay out the debate going on in our economy right now. There are 4 debaters. President Obama/Geithner et al, President Obama 2008, the rich (or capitalist, those who make their money from money) and the rest of us. From President Obama’s 60 Minute interview: PRESIDENT OBAMA:…And it turns […]

By Daniel Becker I watched then read President Obama’s interview on 60 Minutes.  The following is the most telling quote: PRESIDENT OBAMA: …And, you know, I can make some really good arguments defending the Democratic position, and there are gonna be some people who just don’t agree with me. And that’s okay. And then we’ve […]

By Mike KimelCross posted at the Presimetrics blog. One of the enduring myths about the US economy, which like most such myths is used to support a lot of very bad economic theory, is the notion that there was some sort of big economic boom at the end of World War 2. Case in point: […]

Simon Johnson says it so I don’t have to: Paul Ryan is not a fiscal conservative… This is further confirmed by the following: 1. Paul Ryan’s main short-term suggestion in his FT piece today is: Cut taxes.  Anywhere else in the world you would be laughed out of the room for suggesting this as the […]

No transcript available at this time, but Rand Paul is all into symbolic votes and stomping his feet. (h/t Robert)