In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 1 week ago

We economists have a scenario that we call current policy plus Bush tax cuts. It is made up of (i) the laws currently in force in the United States ...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 5 weeks ago

But math is hard! says Time magazine stenographer Michael Scherer. He opens with an interesting story: The Candidates' Tax Plans: Fuzzy Math: The ...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 5 weeks ago

John McCain says that his closest economic advisor--Phil Gramm--does not speak for John McCain: CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blo...

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In A Canadian Econoview - Posted 7 weeks ago

Douglas Holtz-Eakin's McCain Budget Plan: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301643_pf.htmlEven the thoroughly-i...

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In ArgMax Economics Weblog - Posted 7 weeks ago

As I was saying, the McCain plan is not so much a plan as a rhetorical fog. I can understand setting a deficit reduction goal, but a plan should art...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 7 weeks ago

Douglas Holtz-Eakin's McCain Budget Plan: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301643_pf.html Even the thoroughly-...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 8 weeks ago

Cr--! Robert Pear of the New York Times called, looking for asoundbite on McCain's budget policy. I blathered on, while the perfect soundbite was wait...

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In Seeking Alpha - Posted 11 weeks ago

Though they differ greatly in how they would affect rich, poor and middle class taxpayers, the tax proposals of both US presidential candidates would ...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 11 weeks ago

Though they differ greatly in how they would affect rich, poor and middle class taxpayers, the tax proposals of both US presidential candidates would ...

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In Kudlow's Money Politic$ - Posted 12 weeks ago

McCain has called himself a foot soldier in the Reagan revolution. His tax speech clinches it.Sen. John McCain moved decisively to the supply-side Tue...

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