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Raising Future Taxes Yet Again

…argument: specious logic; ignorant confusion of correlation with causation; deliberate simple-mindedness; or even the “Donald Duck theory of economic growth“. Whichever label you choose, it is, unfortunately, also just par…

Confusion and language American Style

…policy champion, a financier, and a key partner”: Neoliberalism. Via the New World Dictionary: — n a modern politico-economic theory favouring free trade, privatization, minimal government intervention in business, reduced…

The Shrinking of Treehorn

…more articulate for the cognitive crowd. Thanks mom. I have a different theory. I think the excessive gloominess in the current ”cyclical downturn” is because Americans are feeling as if…