…consumption [emphasis mine]. Rather than make one massive effort to achieve that goal, they say, Bush is chipping away at the problem, with the abolition of the double taxation of…
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Full Cred and Props to Reinhart & Rogoff and the BEA: They Collected the Data
…data is not provided, when it isn’t. The “damn valuable stuff” double-points to the other topic I want to mention here: the BEA’s move change the NIPAs, to count spending…
An Open Letter to the Board of Trustees of Purdue University
…this: were it not for the recession, the country’s GDP would have risen by double digits in FY 2002 due to the Bush tax cuts. That sort of claim isn’t…
Chart for the day: Growing on Imports
…of their tally of spending on goods and services (GDP) in order to avoid double counting items. So if I spend $20 on candy at store in some resort town…
PERNICIOUS IGNORANCE ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY
…actually going to double in the next two years. He didn’t say how this miracle of mathematics was going to happen, so I have to assume St Peterson came to…
Guest post: “It’ll be okay: Trust me”, redux
…“disciplined practice”. Koonin is equivocating the two, and thereby misleading. One important feedback, which is thought to approximately double the direct heating effect of carbon dioxide, involves water vapor, clouds…
Guest post: How wages in services vs. goods-producing jobs explain relative GDP growth during Recoveries (Hint: producing goods is better)
…goods-producing jobs increased at about double the rate of service jobs: In the 2000s, service jobs increased at double the rate of goods-producing jobs: In this recovery, goods-producing jobs have…
Scab Labour: Where do we go from here?
…and politicians. As Labour politicians we have everything to lose: we have a double responsibility. So to the point: the ‘lump of labour,’ the notion that there are a finite…
Islamic Extremist Violence v. Right Wing Extremist Violence, and Our Government
…in question, the total deaths to Islamic extremists in the US would more than double from 119 to (119 + 150) = 269. Additionally, the number of incidents would more…
Sucking it out faster than you make it, Income distribution and gdp 2008
…income double only 3 times (1 every 14.3 yrs) compared to the bottom 99% seeing theirs double 4 times (1 every 10.75 yrs). During the next 32 years, the top…
