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Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Deficit Hawks
From Jeff Madrick at TripleCrisis: …The deficit hawks have also largely won in the U.S. The announcement last week that GDP grew at an annual rate of 2 percent only brings the point home: the U.S. needs a serious fiscal … Continue reading
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And now for something completely different
An amazing video. Watch full-screen with HD on. Pause at first to let the video buffer get far enough ahead to enable it to play smoothly. TimeScapes: Rapture from Tom Lowe @ Timescapes on Vimeo.
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World Statistics in real time. Did WWII really get us out of the Great Depression?
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Is the GOP serious about deficit reduction or tax cuts?
Here’s what will happen if Bush’s tax cuts are extended (from Ezra Klein ):
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The most important Social Security graph ever
Posted by Kevin Drum, this chart is from the trustee’s report. Ezra Klein has a posting about it here. The reason that this chart is so important is that it shows that SS costs don’t continue to rise forever, they … Continue reading
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Government gridlock is not good for markets
Annie Lowry looks at the effect of a divided congress in this article in Slate (see also Ezra Klein here). Her conclusions: a sharp rise immediately after the election followed by slow growth after the reality of gridlock settles in. … Continue reading
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A Stimulus must be above a threshold to work.
This paper, from George Evans via Mark Thoma (original here), shows why fiscal stimulus must be greater than a threshold level to be able to kick an economy out of stagnation. Obama’s stimulus was clearly too small. Mark Thoma: “Escaping … Continue reading
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