The Incidental Economist addresses election snippets that keep on going, just like in the movies. Read the whole thing: Let’s try to stick to the real world when we talk…

Yves Smith, Matt Taibbi, and Bill Moyers talk on the financial Follies of Big Banks and Government Matt Taibbi: The question I wanted to ask is, was, really more about…

…it is too soon to withdraw measures to end the global economic crisis and will discuss coordinating policy to wind up the trillions of dollars in support at talks in…

Lifted from comments from Tax cuts for rich….Movie Guy says: I’ll skip the usual political commentary and comparison of supposed high office politician “plans” and focus on what is really…

The bubble discourse has reached record decibel levels this week as an unprecedented barrage of mainstream housing related articles hit the newsstands. Measured with internet searches for “real estate bubble”…

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…“Where are the jobs?” How about a hefty tax on capital gains? Higher corporate taxes? If American companies want to make their goods cheaply elsewhere and send them for us…

…against corporate profit rates minus a mix of short & long-term nominal rates… (link) Who in their right mind would still talk about the Phillip’s curve after seeing this comparison?…

…unclear is whether their approach will include a carbon tax.  This is troubling, because carbon taxes have very substantial economic and political advantages over other approaches to climate policy. No…

…believe. This includes: The hawks who kept the war in Afghanistan going for years with lies and happy talk, and who are now desperate to defend themselves. Republicans who figure…