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Silly Statements on Social Security (In)Solvency

…And you’re probably going to have to raise the retirement age. Alan Greenspan has said that several times, that you are going to have to start thinking about working a…

Membership Has Its Privileges

…outperformed the market by a whopping 12 percent. Insider trading anyone? Although it’s not clear whether any laws have been broken, Alan Ziobrowski, one of the study’s authors says “there…

Sulli v. Daily Howler on the Flat Tax

Andrew Sullivan turned Alan Keyes moralist in this rant suggesting progressive taxation amounts to discrimination. Then again – Sulli also thinks the right of privacy (as in Roe v. Wade)…

Fiscal Policy Options for Bush’s Second Term

…surprise that Alan Greenspan has suggested reducing Social Security benefits. But his suggestion is a far cry from at least what I understand Bush’s privatization plan envisions. Let’s imagine that…

Will Bush Raise Taxes?

…spending and other obligations make it increasingly likely that Washington will be forced to consider tax increases, rather than cuts. “President Bush is very much against raising taxes,” said Alan

Oil and Interest Rates

…economic growth. Despite what Alan Greenspan says. Kash Update: Now that I look more closely at the data, it’s apparent that the negative relationship between oil prices and interest rates…

…spending. Investors in the US and holders of USD denominated assets are watching what happens with bated breath. They stand to lose a lot of money while Alan Greenspan is…

Bhagwati on Kerry’s trade positions

While fellow free trader Daniel Drezner says he’s leaning towards Kerry (and has zero probability of voting for Alan Keyes), his latest blog notes a couple of places where Jadesh…

National Review Accuses Greenspan of Luddism

Luddism is attributed to English workers in the early 1800’s who felt technological progress threatened their jobs. I seriously doubt that Alan Greenspan is a Luddite, but Thomas Nugent writes:…

Corporate Caution

Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley begs to differ from Alan Greenspan’s optimistic statement last week that the economy is pretty much past the “soft patch” of the May-July period. Consumers…