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What Happened to Change We Can Believe In? – NYTimes.com
What Happened to Change We Can Believe In? – NYTimes.com. Good column by Frank Rich, with some useful links.
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How many times do we have to say it?
“One More Time with Gusto: Tax Cuts Do Not Pay for Themselves” (from the Economist’s View) Some Republican Senate candidates have suggested that extending the Bush tax cuts … will actually be good for the country’s bottom line, as the … Continue reading
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Our Health-Care Costs and Quality
The Incidental Economist is looking at our health care system in depth. In two ten-part series, the author (who is actually a physician) looks into what’s behind results that have been well reported — that we are first in cost … Continue reading
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Yes, the stimulus really did work — it just was too small
I missed this back when it was originally published — and I didn’t have this blog. From the New York Times”
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It’s going to be a long time before we get back to normal
Mary C. Daly, vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco presents this detailed, but discouraging assessment of what we can look forward to if no further stimulus is applied. The original is here: FRBSF Research: FedViews. A … Continue reading
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Why Have Deficits Exploded? – NYTimes.com
Why Have Deficits Exploded? – NYTimes.com. Not because of a surge in government spending, but because revenues have collapsed.
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Econbrowser: The “Ever-Expanding” Government Sector, Illustrated (Part II)
Econbrowser: The “Ever-Expanding” Government Sector, Illustrated (Part II). More data on the fact that there has NOT been a huge expansion of government. That uptick in transfers at the end is mainly unemployment insurance, plus some Medicaid — that is, … Continue reading
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Yglesias » Life Expectancy at 65
Yglesias » Life Expectancy at 65.
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Entitlement spending projections
From The Incidental Economist this article about cost growth in Medicare and Social Security. It’s no different for state governments — health care costs eventually dominate.
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Ezra Klein – Debunking myths about Canadian health care
Ezra Klein – Debunking myths about Canadian health care. “Common knowledge” that Canadians are coming to the US in droves for health care and that Canadian doctors are deserting Canada for better jobs in the US is simply not true. … Continue reading
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