…planned economy, Vietnam’s post-1986 Doi Moi market reforms, and China’s state capitalism today all operate under “communist” party rule while functioning in structurally incompatible ways.” What’s going on here? It…

…comprehensive tax reforms, of course, is that the political system doesn’t work this way, can’t work this way, never has worked this way. We only move forward, improve the system,…

…case of New Zealand, for aggressive structural reform to pass through to the real potential growth rate. The EA is attempting many levels of reform, including financial, labor, product, and…

…can’t govern effectively without it. Perhaps they’ll gravitate toward reform, but often their idea of reform is to limit the right of “We the people” to exercise our freedom of…

…the poverty line (severe poverty implies income significantly less than $ 11,000 yr for a family of four) I blame welfare reform. Like the poverty rate, the severe poverty rate…

…as an linkable online Doc: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dc36qc9g_1crqqnpdt ) STATEMENT OF STAFF TO THE 1981-83 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM HEARING ON BIPARTISAN PROCESS PROPOSALS FOR LONG-TERM FISCAL STABILITY THE BUDGET…

…back up a little. Tuesday July 14. CBO scores the coverage costs of HR3200, the House Tri-Committee Bill. The CBO Director’s Blog puts this announcement out House Democrats’ Health Reform…

While some liberals (Duncan Black’s post from Wednesday responding to this)are advising us Democrats to stay out of the briar patch, I appreciate the efforts of Andrew Samwick and others….

Donald Luskin’s latest – Krugman’s $600 billion bungle – cannot deny that Paul Krugman has caught George Bush and Joseph Lieberman in a blatant misrepresentation of what the Social Security…

…second is that the way to defeat a president’s reforms is to deny the existence of the problems those reforms are designed to address. ClintonCare was supposed to solve a…