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Ernst and Young, Make-Up Artist*

…Ernst and Young report released yesterday claiming that Obama’s main tax proposal could cause the loss of 710,00 jobs. A Yahoo! News article summarizes: On the official White House blog,…

Contra Krugman II

…been some purists who condemn any use of the S and D curves we all grew up with, the use of triangles to measure welfare loss, and all that. But…

The Fed Faces the End Game — And Blinks?

…see it.” But: Why won’t the Fed adopt policy that delivers strong GDP growth? There’s the runaway inflation/loss-of-credibility explanation, of course. But the Fed isn’t run by adolescent freshman Republicans…