American Enterprise Institute Economists Redux
…know that his own institute is a big part of the problem. Pethokoukis’ next sentence: “Supply-side economics is simply a school of economic thought that believes a) incentives matter, b)…
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The Effect of Individual Income Tax Rates on the Economy, Part 7: 1988 – 2010
by Mike Kimel [UPDATE: Graphic title corrected below. h/t Eric Whitaker] This post is the seventh in a series that looks at the relationship between real economic growth and the…
Clinton Global Initiative – Economic Empowerment (Lunch Session)
(Joined in progress) Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan Michigan – “No Worker Left Behind,” which provides retraining for those downsized auto workers and others. Escalation of high school curriculum so…
Quote of the Day, esp. for Economic Modelling
It’s not my fault if nature never felt like evolving a system that obeys a simple little first order equation. Source here…
CBO Director Testifies on Economic Impact of HR1
by Bruce Webb Movie Guy further requested some discussion on CBO Director Elmendorf’s testimony to Congress from yesterday. The whole text is here Elmendorf testifies before House Budget Comm I…
Why are so many pundits conflating U.S. blue-collar voters’ concerns that are similar to their British counterparts’ who voted for Brexit with the separate issue of whether the Brexit vote itself will influence U.S. blue-collar voters’ votes in November? These are completely different issues.
…gospel that an economic populist could not win the general election—and that that, not some broad antipathy toward populist economic policy proposals, tells the tale of that popular-vote differential. It…
Net Migration and Economic Growth Around the World
…see. If desired, we can cut out one more outlier – this one on account of excessive economic growth. The point on the far right side of the graph is…
Economic data and coronavirus quick hits
Economic data and coronavirus quick hits I really need to rouse myself to write a long-form piece on interest rates, housing, and the economy to post over at Seeking Alpha….
More signs of an economic Boom
More signs of an economic Boom I have a new article discussing Monday’s durable goods new orders report up at Seeking Alpha, explaining how this data fits into the overall picture of…
Positive Production Points to Continued Economic Expansion in May
Positive production print points to continued economic expansion in May The usual suspects are out, claiming that a recession has either already started or is imminent. Well, the big reason…