…Steve Forbe’s flat tax, which will result in much lower taxes for the wealthy because of the deductions it retains along with the zero taxation of capital income) and Cain’s…

…version of the flat tax, as if the crushing irrelevance of Steve Forbes to the primaries in 1996 and 2000 were not an indication of how unproductive the discussion will…

…public that they are wrong. In this excellent post (click the link for the more than a nickle version of what is going on) the almost always reasonable Steve Benen…

…classic schoolyard bullies,” said Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, “who throw punches — and then when you throw a punch back, they beg for…

Post stimulated by Steve Benen. Content due to John Quiggin. This is arithmetic “Arithmetic tells us there are two ways to achieve the goal: the government can bring in more…

Guest post by Steve Roth Oh Yeah: Crowding Out Has Been a Huge Problem Cross-posted at Asymptosissize=”2″> Right-wing economists love to claim that government spending “crowds out” private spending, especially…

by Steve Roth Don’t Like “Money Printing”? Then Stop Borrowing. Whip Inflation Now! Cross-posted at Asymptosis. There’s a widespread conception that “money printing” by the government causes inflation, and that…

…seriously examined what a solvent Social Security system would actually look like. One of those that has is (thankfully) Steve Goss, the Chief Actuary of Social Security, who last year…

Guest post by Steve Roth crossposted at Asymptosis Too Big to Fail? Wall Street and Main Street: How Big Are They People are forever talking about banks that are too…

…I may. First, I would like to thank the commenters on my last post at the Presimetrics and Angry Bear blogs, as well as Steve Roth for their insights as…