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Obama, is he or isn’t he … real?

…bringing in Jason Furman was a concession to the Clinton/blue dogs, did it mean the DLC kept control of the money issues. Does this mean that the non blog savy…

In Defense of Bush’s Soc. Sec. Proposal

…voluntary personal accounts. I report, you decide! Update: The rebuttal is already in – ably provided by Jason Furman (with hat tip to Brad DeLong). For those of you who…

Tariffs and Inflation

Tariffs and Inflation Kevin Quinn, Econospeak  Jason Furman and Janet Yellen have both suggested that cutting Trump’s tariffs would be anti-inflationary. But most economists agree that the incidence of the…