…state, although accurately noting that this is a tough issue in the Commonwealth that Gillespie has been using to effect against Northam. If Gillespie wins, this issue will be part…

…in the ‘Tax Cuts & Jobs Act’ (Nov. 3, 2017) and Sally Schreiber et al, Details of Tax Reform Legislation Revealed, Journal of Accountancy (Nov. 2, 2017) (noting that the…

…exchange premiums at least double the 2013 average. As a backdrop to all of this, two additional things are worth noting. The US was already an outlier when it came…

…2006, Paul Krugman wrote about the issue. He started off by noting that he wished that low wage migrants’ needs didn’t conflict with those of Americans, but that he had…

…that has been reported in the last few months. Dean Baker put it in context, noting that for the year 2017, real weekly median wages rose signficantly over 2016: But…

…his posts, with only minor disagreements not worth bothering with here. Curiously, the usually more annoying WaPo editorial page editor, Fred Hiatt, was less annoying than the usual WaPo Monday…

…again that mainstream reporters, who cover the debate and don’t participate in it, quote Republican lies without noting that they are false. For example “‘He said very nice things about…

…30 years ago? Oh yea – we have very strong growth over the 1983 to 1985 period – something else the Friedman supporters are fond of noting. But of course…

…There was an article in yesterday’ Washington Post (“Tax ‘planning frenzy’: The hunt for loopholes,” by Jeff Stein) noting some of the nonsense that is going on, especially regarding professionals….

Paul Krugman has been wondering why stock market indices fell so sharply soon after Trump began trade-war-mongering. (also less wonkily here) He starts by noting that it’s a mugs game…