…I propose that we consider going over the fiscal cliff. What do readers think, and why? Here’s the argument I think can be made. Given that the “fiscal cliff” deal…

…too: Reflections on Paul Ryan’s Transactions in Individual Bank Stocks in 2008.] Romney and Ryan don’t approve of fiscal policy stimulus (unless it’s tax cuts for the wealthy), and Ryan…

…than the fiscal policy that progressives consider to be so important. (At least in the short- to medium term.) Those fiscal issues are important. But ignoring monetary policy is like…

…economies that ‘need’ the stimulus to offset the fiscal consolidation. Sure, mortgage rates are arguably low – but they’re not lower. In Spain and Portugal, 91% and 99% of their…

…because the alternative will still–somehow–be worse. But I really can’t see how, in good conscience, I could defend the economic policies of a guy who has signed on to fiscal…

…is NOT competitive, nor will it be under even the most severe fiscal austerity measures…not to mention that the fiscal austerity measures make their problems worse by deepening the domestic…

…No Child Left Behind Act 3. Outlays as a percentage of GDP rose. were 18.2% in fiscal 2000, 18.2% in fiscal 2001 and 19.1% in fiscal 2002. 4. The inherited…

…that Washington has used the ‘dire fiscal’ rhetoric to sell short-term cuts that were unwarranted, given that the fiscal problems are structural in nature. Me, I’d argue that the fiscal…

…income. The Data Book shows that the IRS audited 18.4% of those high-income taxpayers in FY 2010, up considerably from the rate of 10.6% the prior fiscal year. The release…

…policy choice. So long as the economy faces high unemployment, there is no fiscal formula — no combination of tax increases and spending cuts — that can make it go…