Sunday, January 18, 2009

Beyond Growth: The Rise and Fall (and Posthumous Return) of Political Keynesianism

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by the Sandwichman The ghost of Montagu Norman notwithstanding, the fact that there are bad -- or even stupid -- arguments against somethi...
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House Republicans Want an Inadequate Stimulus Bill

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Eric Cantor writes: We Republicans believe we can help mitigate those risks if we are given a meaningful place at the table ... Specificall...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Measuring the Cost of TARP

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The CBO blog has a very useful discussion of how to measure the cost of TARP: Through December 31, 2008, the Treasury disbursed $247 billio...
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Policy by Ponzi

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by the Sandwichman Is change.gov's Citizen's Briefing Book the best thing since SinceSlicedBread.com ? Is it a matter of good inten...

Non-arguments Against the Fiscal Stimulus

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Greg Mankiw has another post where the reader might think there is some argument against the Obama fiscal stimulus proposal – but once agai...
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Obama Drinks Social Security Kool-Aid

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This morning's Washington Post has a front page story that not only says social security deficits start in 2011 (2017 according to the T...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Huffingtonpost Tells Liberal Democrats To Drink "Fix Social Security Now" Kool-Aid

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Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson called posted yesterday on huffingtonpost "Why Liberals Should Want Obama To Take On Social Security Now,...
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Getting the Most Bang for the Stimulus Buck

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by the Sandwichman Dean Baker has made this old Sandwichman very, very happy. Point seven of Dean's " Yes, We Can Make the Stimulus...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Fiscal Stimulus Skeptics: Jonah Goldberg Outdoes Kevin Hassett

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Just one day after my nomination , I have to rescind and give my nomination for the dumbest criticism of the Obama fiscal stimulus to Jonah ...
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Monday, January 12, 2009

Hassett and the Paradox of Thrift

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I nominate Kevin Hassett for the worse argument yet against the Obama fiscal stimulus: We are in the midst of a crisis caused by so many fi...
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Did Gary Becker Really Argue Complete Crowding-Out?

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Conservative criticism of the Obama fiscal stimulus plan seems to be reverting to mischaracterizing what certain economists have said. Brad...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Dick Cheney on the Recession – Does He Have a Point?

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When Dick Cheney was Vice President-elect, he prematurely said we were in a recession. Now he is saying things are not that bad : Appearing...
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Good Jobs? Green Jobs?

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Fifty years ago, John Kenneth Galbraith addressed a forum of Resources for the Future with the following question and observation: If we are...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

How Bruce Webb And I Helped Save Social Security (Maybe)

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A few days ago Obama was quoted as saying that "getting entitlement spending under control" would be part of the effort to deal wi...
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Obama’s Own Estimate of Employment Growth is Underwhelming

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Reuters reports: President-elect Obama said Saturday an analysis of his stimulus proposals shows that between 3 million and 4 million U.S. ...
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