Loose Talk and Numbskull Notions At the Podesta/Holtz-Eakin Debate: Part Two
Body: This is Part Two of a critical review of The National Journal's Debate on "Our Fiscal Future" between John Podesta and Douglas Holtz-Eakin with Jim Tankersley moderating, at The George Washington...
View ArticleThe Fake Social Security Solvency Crisis Is Congress's Fault!
Body: Ah.... my fellow Americans, be very, very, afraid of the terrible Social Security crisis that will sink us as a nation. According to Government projections, we won't be able to pay full Social...
View Article"Manifesto of the Appalled Economists"
Departments: Department of Bust Out Profit Models and Vampiric CapitalismThread: CorporatismTags: AusteriansEuropean UprisingEthical European Economists (!)http://atterres.org/?q=node/13(h/t John...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Summit Counter-Narrative: Part One
Body: [I'm leaving this sticky because our enemies don't sleep. If you end up eating Grand Bargain™ cat food because Robama concocts some sleazy deal in the lame duck session due to a Shock...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Summit Counter-Narrative: Part Two, Defining Fiscal Sustainability
Body: One of the most irritating things about the deficit hawk/austerity literature, is that it uses the ideas of “fiscal sustainability” and “fiscal responsibility” in an ideological way, without ever...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Summit Counter-Narrative: Part Three, Are There Spending...
Body: [This is an important series of posts. As the elite tees up for Grand Bargain™-brand catfood, it's important to understand that the entire ZOMG!!!!! Teh debt!!!! narrative is not merely fakery,...
View ArticleWhat Social Security/Medicare Solvency Problem?
Body: For years now, economists using the ideas of Modern Money Theory (
View ArticleLavoie's Critical Look at Modern Money Theory: A Reply
Body: In October 2011 Marc Lavoie, a post-keynesian economist, very friendly to Modern Money Theory (MMT) wrote a paper presenting a friendly critical look at MMT. In his conclusion, Lavoie states that...
View ArticleDick Durbin Insults Everyone Else's Intelligence About Social Security
Body: Yesterday on Fox, Senator Dick Durbin said:WALLACE: I'm going to talk about ObamaCare on a second, but you're not answering my question. Why does taxes -- why do taxes have to be on the table?...
View ArticleBernie Sanders: Self-shackled Champion of the People
Body: I gotta love Bernie Sanders, because he seems so much like people I grew up with and like myself too, and he also seems to have that passion for equality and democracy that is so important for...
View ArticleThe Real Fiscal Responsibility Today Pilot Project
Body: This pilot project and the radio/video shows it will produce and place on the web is for everyone tired of hearing economic commentary from those who got everything wrong. For decades, the...
View ArticleReal Fiscal Responsibility 1: Preliminaries
Body: This is the first in a lengthy blog series that will evaluate the US Government's record on Real Fiscal Responsibility, Administration period by Administration period, since the Administration of...
View ArticleReal Fiscal Responsibility 2; Carter: Stagnation and Unemployment
Body: This post continues my series evaluating the fiscal responsibility/irresponsibility of the Governments of the United States (mostly the Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Federal Reserve) by...
View ArticleReal Fiscal Responsibility 3; Carter: Inflation and Health Care
Body: Here's the third post in my series evaluating the fiscal responsibility/irresponsibility of the Governments of the United States (mostly the Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Federal...
View ArticleReal Fiscal Responsibility 4; Carter: Education Reform
Body: If you're reading this you've landed near but not at the beginning of my very lengthy series evaluating the fiscal responsibility/irresponsibility of the Governments of the United States (mostly...
View ArticleReal Fiscal Responsibility 5; Carter: Environmental Degradation
Body: This, the fifth post in a series evaluating the fiscal responsibility/irresponsibility of the Governments of the United States (mostly the Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Federal Reserve)...
View ArticleReal Fiscal Responsibility: What Chris Hayes Said
Body: I'm interrupting my series on Government Real Fiscal Responsibility to being you this special post, on something Chris Hayes said relating to Real Fiscal Responsibility. Back in February of 2014,...
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