…market policies have been far less successful. Over time, Reaganomic trickle-down, free market policies have given us first, the Great Stagnation, and ultimately the worst economic crisis in 80 years….

…true in the 50s and 60s — compared to business investment, which devotes much, and increasingly, more to equipment and software.) Wondering what caused Tyler Cowen’s Great Stagnation (the slowdown…

…in itself explains why they don’t understand the aims of Progressive Taxation. Label it how you like, the academic discipline that emerged from England in the 18th and 19th century…

…But a symmetric price target is still a raw deal. IOW, “the great moderation” as engineered by the Fed was a thirty-year campaign (still continuing) to protect, preserve, and expand…

by Kenneth Thomas New Model Legislation Would be Great First Step Toward Subsidy Reform Yesterday, Good Jobs First released new model legislation to increase the transparency, accountability, and effectiveness of…

…I make a point to put down my coffee when reading Yasha, to avoid expensive and embarrassing spit-takes. Just a week ago he gave us this: More Great Moments In…

…hoped that voters would give him credit for avoiding a second Great Depression. If this is an accurate representation of what President Obama said then it should have devoted a…

by Mike Kimel Predicting the Start and End of the Great Recession, and Trying to Sell Books Cross posted at the Presimetrics Blog. No doubt you’ve heard that the NBER…

by cactus Obama, Bush, and Mankiw: A Look Taxes, Spending, and Bull#@% in the Great Recession This post serves as a quick follow-up to my previous post on real GDP…

by reader Run “Great Benefit is like a Giant Slot Machine that never pays off”. The RainMaker, John Grisham Private Healthcare Insurance companies paid off for those from whom they…