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Two comments on Kling

Arnold Kling doesn’t support the stimulus, but he doesn’t agree with fresh water critics either. He refers to Mankiw’s classification of macroeconomists as “scientists” and “engineers” then writes Because the…

Infrastructure – the next big deal?

…infrastructure investment. Ed Rendell, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Bloomberg, the political juggernauts in Pennsylvania, California and New York City respectively, have launched a coalition to make infrastructure a national priority….

On State Spending

…current boom, some states are already making the same mistake of overspending. In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a budget increase for fiscal 2007 of 8.4 percent, which follows…

Is Health Care a Giffen Good?

Even conservatives Arnold Kling and Tyler Cowen are struggling to figure out the underlying premise behind Bush’s health care proposals. Tyler asks “whether people overinvest or underinvest in private sector…

The Optimal Gasoline Tax

…Keeping in the spirit of the holidays – James Hamilton declares the windfall profits tax proposal a real turkey as he links to Arnold Kling who summarizes a paper from…

Borrowing as an Alternative to Deficit Financing?

…employees. At one point early in ARNOLD’s reign of Bush free-lunch financing, a local newsperson said that we had reduced deficit spending by issuing more government bonds. Of course, this…

CAL’s Propositions: “Just Say No”

…is that California public education needs vastly more funding. Ever since ARNOLD told Warren Buffet to keep quiet about property tax reform, I have suspected he’s been in the pocket…

What Bothers Bruce Bartlett

I wish to say well done to two conservatives. First, Arnold Kling was also offended by this National Review nonsense. The other well done goes to the National Review for…