Tag Archives : Economics
Building on Success of Clinton-Era Reforms, Let’s Eliminate all DC-Based Income Redistribution
A new study documents the failure of major redistribution programs to reduce poverty.
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If You Want to Gauge the Health of the Job Market, Focus on Employment rather than Unemployment
An important indicator shows scant improvement.
read more...One Good Result and One Bad Result of Obamacare
I have something nice to say about Obamacare. Really.
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The Left’s Position on the Laffer Curve and Dynamic Scoring: Being Exactly Wrong Is Better than Being Inexactly Right
A scorer admits the ideological, rather than scientific, reasoning used by CBO and JCT.
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Debating the “American Dream”
Debating the question for the New York Times’ “Room for Debate”
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The Three Best and Three Worst Policy Developments of 2014
The things we applauded and face-palmed over in 2014.
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Another “Oops” Moment for Paul Krugman
Krugman mangles the data again to peddle is debunked Keynesianism.
read more...More Evidence of Fiscal Progress
It’s not time to break out the champagne, but here’s more evidence of modest fiscal successes in recent years.
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Wise Words on Regulation and Consumer Freedom from Milton Friedman
Everyone should listen to Friedman explain the merits of cost-benefit analysis and consumer choice.
read more...The Final Nail in the Keynesian Coffin?
There’s a growing consensus against Keynes’ free-lunch theory
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