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Op-ed: Political Opportunity (Not)

…mantras of anti-Keynesianism and anti-progressive tax codes. Assuming, of course, that he agrees with his own Council of Economic Advisers chairman about the importance of the statistics, and recognizes the…

Health Care: Regulatory Inconsistency

…or anti-psychotic drug ordered by the physician within normal protocols and practices. When the patient becomes a nursing home resident a few days later, the resident will often be denied…

Taxes, Deficits and Elections

by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter Taxes, Deficits and Elections As we near the fall elections amid a “tea party” surge of anti-government (and hence anti-tax) sentiment, I cannot help…

What is a Good Approximation ?

…older white hairs, can be both good and bad. The same thing goes for approximations. Click the link for my latest anti economic theory diatribe. What is a good approximation…

Brad’s Draft Lecture

…Prescott has decided that the Great Depression was caused by the anti market policies of Herbert Hoover. He notes that for Prescott’s latest theory to make sense, one would have…

Tax Competition: why it is not a good thing

…a strong “free marketarian” ideology. Most of the materials produced come out very anti-tax, anti-government, and pro-big business. Most of the material makes one want more information about who is…

Federal Register

…the eight years of his terms. This set a new record for any President surpassing the previous record held by Jimmy Carter. So much for the anti-government, anti-regulation Republican administration….

Bipartisanship and "Temporary" Payroll Tax Holidays

…would nudge investment from resource-intensive enterprises toward labor-intensive ones. This wouldn’t be just a tax adjustment. It would be an environmental program, an anti-global-warming program, a youth-employment (and anti-crime) program,…