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Economics, Politics / austerity, economic theory, inflation, Keynes, Paul Krugman /

Beating Dead Horse?

September 22, 2015

I am not sure I understand the point of Alexander Kaufman’s column in the Huffington Post. In it he takes Paul Krugman to task for being repetitive and talking about just there things: austerity is bad, inflation fears are overblown, and Keynes was right. Well now. Whether or not we have disagreements with Krugman – […]

Economics, Politics / economic policy, Glenn Hubbard, Inside Job, Jeb Bush, tax cuts /

Jeb!’s Tax Plan Blues

September 10, 2015

Silly season is well and truly underway. Earlier this week Jeb! – formerly known as Jeb Bush – released his great spanking new tax plan. Except there wasn’t much new in it. We’ve seen all of it before, but usually in separate pieces. Undaunted by the spectacular failure of his brother’s 2001 and 2003 tax […]

Economics, Politics / economic theory, economics curriculum, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, wages /

A Voter Takes on Econ 101

September 9, 2015

There is little more depressing than American presidential politics at the moment. It is, to borrow a phrase, theater of the absurd. Hillary Clinton is apologizing for running personal email server at her home and then using it for official business. Some of that business has subsequently been re-classified as containing sensitive material. So her […]

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