…Rove knows what progressives know (and what I’ve insisted on in this blog): the Democrats have the rare upper-hand at this point in the legislative cycle. The Republicans agreed to…

…Invention of Money” episode: how Brazil ended years of rampant hyperinflation. I’m rather astounded that, searching through my blog reader, I find that nobody has looked at this real-world example,…

…about your blog post “Fed Budgetary Experts Demolish CBO Health Models, the Lynch Pin of Budget Hysteria” that appeared Sunday on Naked Capitalism regarding CBO. I am copying Brianne Hutchinson,…

by David Zetland David Zetland is a senior water economist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and maintains a blog on water issues at Aguanomics Hurricane Sandy and choices for…

by run75441 Will the Reign of Witches end January 1st? (hat tip to Maggie Mahar at Health Beat blog) A little patience,” Jefferson wrote, “and we shall see the reign…

…across the board by 20% will jump-start the economy is “nonsense”, as even conservative GOP economist Bruce Bartlett acknowledges. See Bruce Bartlett, Romney’s Tax Plan and Economic Growth, Economix Blog,…

…a housing purchase and construction rebound… I’m thinking that rather understates the case. There are at least two of us on this blog who have benefitted from recent refis. (I…

…WWE’s case, the company had laid off about 60 workers in 2009, yet continued to receive the credits. Moreover, according to the Sacramento Bee blog, “Cageside Seats,” WWE has so…

…From Paul: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/Polsky-to-head-Penns-Leonard-Davis-health-econ-group.html $100M annually for 200 fellows for Wharton econ research into health care policy economics at the Leonard Davis Institute. “Established in 1967, LDI is one of the…

…senior water economist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and maintains a blog on water issues at Aguanomics. Will San Diego make the desalination mistake? Poseidon Resources has been lobbying…