…more perverse–happened to tax analysis. It was coopted by this consistent economic theory and the importance of equitable considerations were shunted aside. At the Congressional level, economic models showing economic…

…we have. Others have presented this argument. However,there was plenty of information in existence long before the “last couple of years” regarding the issue of oil price on economic performance….

…feedback loop in which the financial disruption restrains economic activity; such a situation could lead to greater uncertainty and increased financial disruption, causing a further deterioration in macroeconomic activity, and…

…after two quiet years in Washington, White House officials announced yesterday. Friedman’s departure as director of the National Economic Council will open a key economic policy position just as President…

…rate Mr Bush’s first-term economic policies as bad or very bad. Fewer than 20% give positive marks to Mr Bush’s second-term economic agenda, and almost six out of ten disapproved….

John Kerry has a piece in today’s Wall Street Journal outlining the core of his economic proposals. If you want to see a list of some meaningful economic policy changes,…

…economic aspects raised by the ex President. Conventional wisdom has it that voters vote their pocketbooks – i.e. that perceptions of economic well-being determine how the electorate votes. This view…

by Linda Beale Deficit Disorder Symptoms–via Naked Capitalism/New Economic Perspectives Yves Smith over at Naked Capitalism has an insightful re-post today on the way the right in particular–and most in…

…crisis. That is economic inefficiency. So we now have a situation where debt is actually growing again internationally. China has accumulated economic inefficiencies in its surge of investment. The effect…

…them to essentially escape a reasonable tax burden on their economic income. Elimination of the AMT is a tax break for the well-to-do: Trump, for example, has had to pay…