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Putting the ‘no’ in innovation?

…similar post, noting that when push comes to shove, such as when we have to deal with a formidable threat such as Nazi Germany, the Empire of Japan, the USSR,…

Megan McArdle Has a Question

…define Democrats?), and I’ve had a few posts noting that Christina Romer was a very poor choice for CEA chair (Mankiw’s endorsement alone should have been a tip-off even to…

SILOs –more action needed?

labeled the “American Jobs Creation Act” to signal the purported justification for all the corporate tax breaks. It didn’t lead to the creation of many jobs.) The new section disallowed…

Taxes for States in Trouble?

…state employees and Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals. See, e.g., Hamill, Proposal to Raise Income tax in Pennsylvania, NY Times (June 16, 2009) (noting proposal for a 16% increase for 3…

Watch What I Do…..

…spending in the range of 2-3% over two years (see NBER paper, below, noting J.P. Morgan Securities’ estimate) and firms stated both confidentially and publicly that they planned to use…

James Galbraith remarks

…by noting that his rule in life was “never trust anyone from Austin or Boston,” and proceeded to declare his allegiance to the “Austrian School” of economics, a libertarian view…

WTO procurement and US spending stimulus

…attacking Buy American rules in the stimulus package as ‘protectionist,’ it is worth noting that the terms in question had nothing to do with tariffs or trade or the functioning…

More on Romer and Romer 2007

…the jump, I’d just like to mention that it was an excellent speech (just click the link at Brad’s post). She politely responded to Mankiw noting (as he has noted…

"Price Revelation" is mysticism.

…Both mean that the number “99%” which you type while noting that it is not 100% was not the true probability. In any case, liquid markets were very damaging, because…

BOEHNER…God help us and our honest memories

…authored by congressional Democrats was “chock-full of government programs and projects,” noting a Congressional Budget Office report that projected less than half of the $355 billion that House Democrats would…