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Economics / austerity, fiscal cliff, GDP, government spending, health care, Keynes, Simpson-Bowles, Social Security /

Down The Fiscal Rabbit Hole

November 14, 2012

A few quick things on the current hyperventilation regarding the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’. It isn’t a cliff. Not at all. It is a roll out of a series of things that have cumulative effect, but which can be undone over a sensible timeframe. There is no sudden drop-dead moment when the lights go out. Yes, […]

Commentary, Economics /

The Math Challenge

November 13, 2012

One of the more interesting aspects of the recent election was the exposure of the political medias as being decidedly math challenged. How else do we explain the breathless daily headlines about how Obama and Romney were neck and neck and that the vote was so close no one could possibly call it? Wrong. It […]

Commentary /

Festering Right. Lucky Us.

November 12, 2012

We must confront what appears to be a considerable block to our recovery: the blind faith of many on the right. This topic has become celebrated in the days since Obama’s resounding win with more than a few pundits wondering out aloud quite how right wingers could elude themselves so completely over what was about […]

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