…of the scandalmongering that is going on is more about furthering the anti-tax/anti-government rightwing goal of “starving the beast” than it is about ensuring that the law is appropriately enforced….

…other than the arousal of anti-Obama partisanship and furthering the anti-tax/”starve the beast” mentality. Related articles: The real IRS scandal Records show Former IRS Commissioner signed in for 11 visits,…

…agribusinesses as we currently do. Through a progressive (i.e., redistributive) tax system, a decent anti-trust system that prevents monopolies and even semi-monopolies, a more innovation-supporting copyright and patent system that…

…“simplify” the Code, but that’s close to ludicrous. Most of the complicating portions of the Code exist for two reasons: (1) to provide some anti-abuse provisions to counter the tax…

…of the onus on Detroit residents–for re-electing someone labelled “ineffective” as mayor, for instituting what Samuelson calls “costly” public employee pensions, and impliedly, for causing white flight (in which most…

…part of an establishement united by anti-communism and corruption. Then a new generation of magistrates became senior enough to be independent and the corruption was prosecuted. Very few powerful people…

…opt out of the “protection from constituents” process. The anti-transparency measure adopted by Senate Finance Committee leaders smacks of a complete disregard for democratic processes and citizens’ rights to know…

…discussing advantages of unionization, and seeing the evidence of anti-Union and pro-owner sentiment in the way huge profits are channeled to managers/owners while workers are paid a mere pittance of…

…argues that the anti-tax rhetoric evident in much lay discussion of public policy draws considerable support from the prevalent negative language of professional economic discourse. Optimal income taxationdoesn’t have to…

…effective labor share. The downside of the business cycle is called the recessionary gap, but I might call it the anti-inflationary gap. All graphs use quarterly data. Inflation is CPI…