…selecting the wrong products, being made by Good workers. So what is the solution Shelby proposes? Defenestrate the workers. (Is anyone surprised that Tyler Cowen, Bruce Bartlett, and Greg Mankiw…

In this mornings New York Times Bruce Bartlett published a nice list of anti recession measures by Congress and makes the point that they are always too late. However, if…

Bruce Bartlett and Brad DeLong note that even the Washington Times is challenging the credibility of our Treasury Secretary: According to Mr. Snow’s own numbers, which Mr. Frank had to…

Sensible and honest conservative Bruce Bartlett emails me the latest nonsense from Deroy Murdock: Modest legislation to extend President Bush’s tax cuts for two years, rather than make them permanent,…

…or Bruce Bartlett’s latest post.) Advantages of a VAT: It can raise lots of new tax revenue with relatively low tax rates. A reasonably broad-based 10% VAT in the US…

Brad DeLong uses his blog to publish more honesty from Bruce Bartlett: But how likely is it that the Laffer curve is causing revenues to rise, as opposed to normal…

…to talk about the need for higher taxes, as this piece from Sunday’s IHT reports. Even Bruce Bartlett is quoted as saying “I do believe tax increases are absolutely inevitable.”…

…against George Bush. By this thesis, NRO had to follow the excellent op-ed from Bruce Bartlett with more free lunch nonsense from the likes of Victor Canto: Other than President…

…the benefits of free trade. The NRO has even featured very good defenses of free trade from William Buckley and Bruce Bartlett. I was hoping to say the same thing…

…barrel of oil (Ural crude) raises Russia’s federal budget revenues by as much as 0.35% of GDP. To his credit, Bruce Bartlett does not try to argue that the income…