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Soc. Sec. Debate: Paul Krugman v. Michael Tanner

…W 64th Street, New York, NY 10023 (on the corner of Central Park West) Featuring Michael Tanner, Director of Health & Welfare Studies, The Cato Institute, and Paul Krugman, author…

Koufax

…Mark Schmitt. Mark’s background is policy and politics. He is the Director of Policy and Research at the Open Society Institute. He formerly was a speechwriter and policy director for…

Gannon

…same arguments today. Not yet known is whether the Discovery Institute will add The Poor Man’s paradox to its catalog of things so complex and unfathomable that evolution must be…

Help Wanted: Economic Advisors for President

…early next year. Administration officials are sounding out Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor James Poterba — an expert on Social Security and tax matters — to take Mankiw’s slot. …Friedman’s…

Conservatives & Moderates: Vote Kerry! Vote Gridlock!

Institute’s William Niskanen points out that since WW II, spending growth has been slower under divided government, and wars have been less common. The Bush administration certainly fits Niskanen’s theory!…

The Source of Bush’s Budget Assertion

…for NDNHS authorizations that they use. Tad DeHaven of the Cato Institute wrote a piece about this subject in the National Review. Try as he might, he wasn’t able to…