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To the heart of the chant on tax cuts

…and age. Richard Serlin (first here) followed up with two posts, the second here. Don Pedro of Economists4obama says in comments: I want to point out that one of the…

Ethanol and food prices

Richard Perrin at the University of Nebraska on Ethanol and Food Prices http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ageconfacpub/49/ ABSTRACT: Food prices in the U.S. rose dramatically in 2007 and early 2008. Given the integration of…

No room for humans in idealogy

…of view. Our presidents have been satanic (Richard Nixon), angelic (Jimmy Carter), a sleepy idiot savant (Ronald Reagan), a cagey realist (George H. W. Bush), wonderfully charming (Bill Clinton) and…

Counterterrorism blog

…act thoroughly. And, as Richard Clarke wrote earlier this month in the Philadelphia Inquirer: “Let me be clear: Our ability to track and monitor terrorists overseas would not cease should…

Opus : Finale’ A Discussion On Taxation

…more importantly, from politicians knowing that they have the excess funds to donate. The problem as he views it is: As the eminent public finance economist Richard Musgrave has stated,…

Propaganda from Texas

…an average of $18,153 a year. How is that possible? A look at the far right-hand column of the consumption chart, labeled “financial flows,” shows why: those lower-income families have…

Post flambe

…this talk draws upon joint work with William Gale of Brookings, Robert Greenstein and Richard Kogan of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Robert Rubin of Citigroup, and Allen…