Monthly Archives: April 2011

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 →

Ludicrous and Cruel – NYTimes.com.