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Taxes, Deficits and Elections

…that has been necessary to combat the terrible mess that the Bush regime left the country in as Obama’s problem rather than a predictable result of the lousy economic policies

Why Scott Sumner is Wrong

…surprised because the argument seems to have more than a few weaknesses. What Sumner is doing is trying to show that the policies pursued by Thatcher and Reagan were a…

Pethokoukis Blaming Congress

…their policies during the decade before the crisis and yet chose not to modify those policies. Thus, I don’t know if Levine also blames Congress for the crisis or whether…