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What’s in a name?

…no matter the labels thrown upon them, going back 1000s of years. Its recurring features — concentrated power, weak accountability mechanisms, suppression of organized opposition — are structural problems of…

Stock Market when EPS Growth Turns Positive

…positive on the market because they expect very strong earnings growth in 2010. This will be the twelfth time since 1950 that earnings growth has turned positive. Even if you…

Real income growth trends

…the growth of family income has been significant, from a trend growth rate of 2.3% to a trend of 1.3%. If the old trend had continued real family income would…

Recent Investment Growth in Historical Context

…since 1960 had weaker investment growth than we’ve seen since 2003. (Perhaps coincidentally, the expansion with the weakest investment growth was the expansion of the 1980s, following the much-admired Reagan…

Is John Shadegg Pro-Growth?

…Tom DeLay as Majority leader: The Economic Policy Know-Nothings at the Club for Growth endorse John Shadegg for Majority Leader So let’s turn to the Club for Growth endorsement: “There…