…contribution that industrial production makes to the total. So maybe I have my assumption backwards. First a H/T to Mish. Graph 1 is one He recieved from one of his…

…the data. The BEA’s data helpfully breaks out components of the GDP by line. One such line is the state and local spending’s contribution to GDP. The BEA also provides…

…an insurance contribution or a (forced) savings plan… to save the workers from starving in the streets when they get too old to work, or find work. In any case…

…Inc., would have a similar due process claim, a constitutional claim that, unlike campaign-contribution claims or free-exercise-of-religion claims, could be invoked legitimately by a corporation, because it, unlike political contributions…

Hilary W. Hoynes, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Douglas Almond made a genuinely important contribution to the debate on the effects of social welfare programs in this NBER working paper/revised manuscript “Long…

…wage” over the 35 years that SS counts wages (and therefore taxes paid) for purposes of computing your contribution and benefit… and assuming the one tenth of one percent increase…

…for the individual mandate. This has been well-debunked in both Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, by Avik Roy and James Taranto respectively. My modest contribution was to note that…

…for innovation, structural tax reform and ensuring the sustainability of entitlement programs. This is appealing, if politically difficult, and would make a great contribution to the country’s long-term economic health….

…Security benefits for all beneficiaries reflects the best use of resources. But we appreciate this important contribution to the debate and certainly believe the payroll tax rate should be on…

…poor from starving given the rigid Federal contribution. In contrast, the Florida bill included massive (and not accidental) increases in help with training, child care, transportation and health insurance. I…