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Fiscal Policy and the Trade Deficit

…work, which not unexpectedly was noticed by Daniel Drezner last weekend. Also noticing this paper were Brad DeLong and David Altig. Any reduced form coefficient such as this notion that…

Fiscal Policy Options for Bush’s Second Term

…discussions pose the problems facing President Bush in his second term. Daniel Gross of Slate writes: The fiscal record of the past four years has been one of unmitigated—and seemingly…

Federalism Update

…and “under God” controversies while the Blue states push through such measures. Of course, “could” does not imply “should” (see Iraq, Invasion of). UPDATE: See also Daniel Gross in Slate….

The Ownership Society

…taxes on capital, support for free trade, opposition to bigger government and that this would translate into greater support for the Republican party. This was debunked pretty well by Daniel

Bhagwati on Kerry’s trade positions

While fellow free trader Daniel Drezner says he’s leaning towards Kerry (and has zero probability of voting for Alan Keyes), his latest blog notes a couple of places where Jadesh…

Slumping Exports

In Daniel Drezner’s latest discussion (Doha is Back on Track) on of international trade issues, he notes this Kerry press release, which states: Exports Are Down Under President Bush-The First…

…and faith-based missile defense, it turns out to be a giant crock of hogwash. One of the authors, Daniel Wirth, has now “… pleaded guilty to multi-million-dollar fraud charges against…

…Iraq War. For example, in his latest bit, Editor Daniel Okrent writes To anyone who read the paper between September 2002 and June 2003, the impression that Saddam Hussein possessed,…