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Economics / deficits, plutocracy, Republicans, tax reform /

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

December 5, 2017

So the Senate passed its tax cut. It is amazing to see the way in which the media has embraced the idea that this is a reform of taxation. It isn’t. It does have a number of small reform-like pieces, but those are mostly only in the legislation in order to mitigate its cost. They […]

Economics / Adam Smith, capitalism, democracy, economic theory, Hayek, plutocracy, Quesnay, shareholder value /

Doomed to Repeat?

November 16, 2017

One of the great pleasures of living here in southern Vermont is that we have a terrific local bookshop. I go there simply to absorb that book shop vibe unattainable in the bits and bytes of Amazon. And like all good bookshops this one throws up surprises. About three weeks ago I was browsing the […]

Economics, Politics / deficits, inflation, interest rates, plutocracy, Republicans, stimulus, tax expenditures, tax reform /

Taxes: 1970’s Redux?

November 14, 2017

Taxes. What a problem. I was going to start by saying something about our current national debate about taxes, but that would have been an untruth. We are not having a debate. Instead we are all sitting on the sidelines whilst the Republican Party desperately tries to cobble together a tax plan in order to […]

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