…economic-policy progressive. The other is to enable our party to actually put forward the arguments for progressive economic policy, and that means ending the constant focus on this silly woman,…
…flimsy assumptions (supported by Laffer economics that claim tax cuts create economic growth) about getting more work if taxes are less and if progressive rates are eliminated, Hodge claims a…
Reality begins to sink in for GOPer economic confidence While we are waiting for tomorrow’s employment report, here’s a little something to chew on. In the immediate aftermath of the…
A US economic Boom in 2018? For the last several years, I have tried to identify several graphs that most bear watching over the ensuing 12 months. This year, in…
…of Economic Reason (1989) translated by Gillian Handyside and Chris Turner. I am posting the section on “The Right to an Income and the Right to Work” in two parts….
Trump’s Illegal Economic Sanctions Against Iran Start Up Today, President Trump’s promised abjuration of President Obama’s hard-negotiated nuclear deal with Iran,the JCPOA, jointly agreed with Russia, China, UK, France, Germany,…
Failed Perceptions Of Economic Reality It is long viewed that what the electoral populace thinks of the state of the economy is an important factor in how they vote and…
…economic data for political advantage. For example, could Trump make the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show a lower rate of unemployment or the Bureau of Economic Analysis show a…
I am old enough to remember when many very serious people ascribed the rise of Donald Trump to economic anxiety. The hypthesis never fit the facts (his supporters had higher…
…also the desire to hold onto savings in view of the dire short-term economic outlook. This is Keynes’s “paradox of thrift” in action. Wanting to insulate oneself from economic harm…