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…to cap and trade. The argument against doing both seems fairly weak to me. There is the Leninist argument that the worse it is the better it is so any…

Just Kill Me

…admit that “Stagnant Prices Prevent Social Security Increase” totally leaves “Cap-and-Trade Would Slow Economy, CBO Chief Says” in the dust. OK so now the inflation rate formerly known as “price…

Poverty Levels and Health care reform

…then compare them using CPI, Unskilled Labor, GDP per Capita and Share of GDP. Certainly based on the CPI conversion, the numbers coming forward to today seem to be as…

Who Are You and What Have You Done With Paul Krugman II

…do not accept limits on global warming pollution. [snip] The truth is that there’s perfectly sound economics behind border adjustments related to cap-and-trade. Krugman goes on to make a perfectly…

Silly relief for this wonk

rdan I have been chasing information on the budget deficits and potential impacts, the US trade deficit, and the cap and trade arguments linked to HR 2454 Waxman-Markey bill of…

Here’s your Medicare Part D

…care. Because, even in the senior years, the cost can bankrupt you. My parents, 2008 adjusted gross income $43,291. $19,745 is capital gains from a one time sale of land.

Herds and rational behavior

…stocks in baskets that are traded–not to mention the inclusion of more stocks in ETFs (including leveraged ETFs)–may well account for this phenomenon. Small cap issues are no longer a…

Time to move beyond "Nothing" on Social Security?

…Personal Wealth for All Americans‘. Meaning that ‘dialogue’ was implicitly defined as ‘after first capitulating to my principles’. Which is why “Nothing” remained my preferred plan right through to January…