…which I mean that it’s a strategy that has been attempted many times and has consistently failed. Typically, there’s initial euphoria. Then, as the overvalued currency leads to rising unemployment…

…Mandel reads Tyler and then writes: But of course, there’s a big problem with his scenario. The latest budget pegs the FY 2006 deficit at $423 billion. But federal spending…

…a severe trade war on GDP is fairly small. On the other hand the decline in the Dow (which he pegs at 6%) is large. Also Autor, Dorn and Hanson…

…different with mortgage rates. In 2006, they got as high as 6.8% in July, and were 6.51% in April. By contrast, the most recent weekly update pegs a 30 year…

…they got as high as 6.8% in July. By contrast, the most recent weekly update pegs a 30 year fixed rate mortgage at 5.22% (the highest since 2009); at their…

…more realistic option is to reduce the threshold (“safe harbor”) under which the taxed entities can be held harmless from the current 6% of revenues. A prior CBO estimate pegs the 10-year…

…natural gas, other than the odd city bus or garbage truck in random municipalities? The answer is a simple but unpleasant one. See, we in the US would label the…

…considered almost risk-free because if the borrowers default, Fannie or Freddie will pay off the loans (assuming Fannie and Freddie remain solvent). Non-conforming loans go into pools known as private-label…

…ridiculous. But it does have the advantage of carrying with it the Madisonian Freedom/Liberty tag, a label that the Koch right confers upon anything it wishes, because that surely will…

…political debates, is a disagreement about how far to turn the knobs when adjusting policy; it does not seem to call for a separate ideological label. That said, Mr. Konczal…