Author Archives: stevej

Macro Readings, Self-Referential Edition – NYTimes.com. Paul wants to remember these, so I do too.

In defense of Canada | The Incidental Economist.     And much more.  Debunking of several myths about Canadian health care relative to U.S. health care.

Phantoms In The Snow: Canadians’ Use Of Health Care Services In The United States. Abstract To examine the extent to which Canadian residents seek medical care across the border, we collected data about Canadians’ use of services from ambulatory care … Continue reading →

For the Virtual Green Room: May 31, 2011 – Grasping Reality with Both Hands.   Answers/rebuttals to conservative misinformation.

Bruce Bartlett: Are Taxes in the U.S. High or Low? – NYTimes.com.   Historically, the term “tax rate” has meant the average or effective tax rate — that is, taxes as a share of income. The broadest measure of the … Continue reading →

Fiscal Facts: The Great Debt Shift – The Pew Charitable Trusts.

What’s Left of the Left. Good profile.

Obama’s 2012 Budget Proposal: How It’s Spent – NYTimes.com. The best display of the proposed budget I have ever seen (well, they had one last year, too).

Economist’s View: “Top Ten Tax Charts”. From Mark Thoma, some very enlightening tax charts.  For example, the US is a low-tax country:                       And             … Continue reading →

Macroadvisers: The Economic Effects of the Ryan Plan: Assuming the Answer?. A thorough analysis, using real arithmetic, of Paul Ryan’s Budget Resolution.   It actually looks at whether the starting assumptions and modeling approach are reasonable.  The bottom line is that … Continue reading →