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Pandering to the Right Fringe

…of tax policies ‘pro-growth’, they are in fact a replay of the failed policies of the last 40 years that have resulted in stagnate wages for the middle class and…

Why Is Brazil Ahead of the US…fuel

…way that Brazil got to that point by an epithet: socialism. It makes no sense to label it socialism – the policies that today allow Brazilians to purchase vehicles with…

Housing Update

…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

The mindless canard stating as unexplained fact that it would be worse to expand the federal government by a third in order to accommodate single-payer healthcare insurance than it is to have private, for-profit health insurance companies playing this role instead

…He’s a social democrat, Barro and others he quotes, say, accurately. But the key part of Barro’s lengthy column is this: “When you look at the policies, there’s a way…