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Experiment: How would you advise Sen. Clinton?

…of: Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, “Not this time.” This time we want to talk… That was it. The biggest opportunity to…

It has begun

This is a test. A liberal economic blog and conservative talk show host face off….listen to find out the result! Clash of the talk show and blog!!!!! And go to…

Post flambe

…for extension of those same tax cuts as a short-term solution for current fiscal problems. Permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations would do little to immediately stimulate the…

Buffet wants to "soak the rich" too?

…earning. From the Washington Post: Buffett cited himself, the third-richest person in the world, as an example. Last year, Buffett said, he was taxed at 17.7 percent on his taxable

Bernanke’s Debut

…spent a good chunk of his speech talking about the importance of long-term inflationary expectations. He argued that such expectations are currently low and firmly anchored in the US, and…

Al “not Glenn” Hubbard Addresses the Press

…productivity growth. And that’s one of the — if you guys are looking for something to talk about in the economic area that really is never talked about, I would…

Is Fitzmas Over?

…some on the right must have heard him declare “It’s Over”. At least, many of the talking heads on the Sunday talk shows seemed to believe that the only indictments…

Redefining ‘Conservative’

…a president who ran for office originally in 2000 talking about limited government and a humble foreign policy who now sounds like Woodrow Wilson wanting to spread democracy around the…