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Economics / deficits, Federal Budget, federal deficits, GDP, Obama, recovery, stimulus /

The Budget Day Two

February 15, 2011

Well that didn’t take long.We have now begun the circus I expect to last for a long time. Welcome to our national debate about fiscal priorities. How are we doing so far? Here’s John Boehner, leader of the House Republicans: “In the last two years, under President Obama, the federal government has added 200,000 new […]

Economics / bank reform, Bush, defense spending, deficits, Federal Budget, fiscal policy, GDP, inflation, Medicare, Obama, recovery, Social Security, stimulus /

The Budget and Other Fiction

February 14, 2011

Rule one of US budget watching: the President’s budget is never, never, worth the paper it is printed on. It is more of a suggestion. It is a helpful guideline to lay down the boundaries within which the President tries to negotiate with Congress. If that Congress is intransigent, as it is an a big […]

Commentary /

Pentagonal Theory – A Report From Denver

February 14, 2011

In jest, and from Denver: I know many of you didn’t attend the recent annual meeting. But you are lucky: I did. Yes, I was able to spend a day at the Congress of North American Chemists where the orthodox pentagonal theory of chemistry, sometimes referred to as New Chemistry or Neoclassical Chemistry, is the […]