…wonders of the 1996 so-called Freedom to Farm Act (the last major previous farm legislation). Such praise vivifies how few people in Washington look beyond the deceptive label congressmen attached…

…G relative to the marginal utility of P. Michael also argued: As for younger workers, they consistently state when surveyed that they do not expect to receive any Social Security…

…trust fund’s “investment” of Treasury securities just replaces purchases of same by private savers. Even assuming that private savers would freely choose to hold the same fraction of Treasury securities…

…administration’s “axis of evil” label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists, and threats of sanctions for the country’s nuclear ambitions. Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan…

…that the actual song is “Let’s Get Retarded”, and “Let’s Get it Started” is the radio version, have the Democrats at long last cast off the political correctness label? AB…

Another Shrill Economist Shrill is, of course, the word conservatives often use to label an economist when said economist makes a case that they cannot refute with logic or data….

…praised the Bushies 77 percent of the time. One more set of numbers: The liberal papers criticized Bush 67 percent of the time; the conservative papers criticized Clinton 89 percent…

…just 2.4 percent in 2002. When surveyed at the start of 2002, forecasters predicted 3.5 percent growth in 2003. Lately, they’ve cut their forecast for the year to 2.2 percent….

Bill Gates: Evil Businessman or Philanthropist Extraordinaire? Mac Diva has an ongoing dialog on this topic with one of her frequent readers, Jim, as well as some other bloggers. First,…

It’s really hard to kill this meme. Note the label on this graph from today’s Free Exchange post: Now change that heading to read “Business borrowing.” Sort of gives a…