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Economics, Politics / austerity, corporate taxes, deficits, fiscal cliff, Reagan, regulation, Republicans, taxes, wages /

Santa Claus, Taxes and Deficits

December 17, 2015

“Deficits don’t matter”, to borrow a phrase made famous by Dick Cheney. Hardly a left of center guy, Cheney was defending the sea of red ink Ronald Reagan created in the early 1980’s. Reagan, please recall, was the first president to plunge the US into deficits that were not related to war, economic downturn, or […]

Commentary, Economics, Politics / capitalism, democracy, Federal Reserve Board, inflation, interest rates, jobs, monetary policy, plutocracy, stimulus /

Interest Rates, Faith, and Democracy

December 15, 2015

What a pickle! The Federal Reserve Board’s meetings have become a media event. The last few days – weeks if you want to be more inclusive – have been awash with media chatter and analysis about the probability that the Fed will, at last, raise interest rates. As a public service here are the pros […]

Commentary, Politics /

Numbers Matter: Guns and Terrorism

December 13, 2015

Numbers matter. Take these for instance: In the last decade about 40 Americans have died as a result of terrorism During that same period about 280,000 Americans have died as a result of gun violence. Absurd. The debates, to the extent that it can be called that, about both terrorism and guns is radically out of […]