…and ‘message’ is constantly displayed in comments when it comes to political messaging…especially in a forced two party system. To illustrate, allowing the labels ‘pro-life’ and ‘pro-choice’ to define the…

…effects on different economic measures? 5. In which branches do Democratic and Republican results differ the most? Does that vary depending on the economic measure you’re looking at? 6. Do…

…the format informative and I think will continue the conversation. To avoid any confusion I will label ‘open threads’ as such for any subject, and use the term ‘topical threads’…

…formed the core of the blog for many years. Each has a Ph.D. in economics, but AB’s focus is on microeconomic issues, Kash’s are in macroeconomic issues, and PGL’s training…

…cost “a quarter of a trillion dollars” perhaps hoping people are still scared by the label rather than the number. Because in the context of a $750 billion TARP package…

…there is a column equating to ‘Income – Cost’ which is labeled ‘Net increase during the Year’. Now the Trustees don’t label this as ‘Surplus’ but there is little doubt…

…“This debilitating spiral has spurred our government to take massive action. In poker terms, the Treasury and the Fed have gone “all in.” Economic medicine that was previously meted out…

…the past several months: hope and change. In the end, did Ms. Parker know she was so prophetic? That’s potent medicine. It also should come with a warning label: “May…

…a good part of the economic downturn might not just be cyclical (temporary)–that much of what we’re seeing in the short-run economy is symptomatic of longer-run challenges that aren’t going…

…call to action. Particularly since most proposed ‘fixes’ just phase those cuts in earlier and don’t materially advance the economic interest of the typical retiree at mid-century. Feel free to…