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…to avoid the label of a liberal bias? The NYT? Somehow I don’t buy that one… Now the standard response is to talk about Jeff Gerth and the NYT’s role…

…Now, they’re expecting 3.6 percent GDP growth in 2004. The improved projections are attributed to the tax cuts (which are in fact somewhat stimulative, though that stimulus may come at…

…like that. Four, and perhaps most important, is also the point I’m not positive on, as I’m not a tax expert. But as I understand it, changes in the tax

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…some doubt on the usefulness of such labeling. For example, the label “cyclical” often implies — whether implicitly or explicitly — that declines in the participation rate explained by “cyclical”…