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Ventry of UC Davis on NPR: Tax Deductions on Mortgage Interest, Property Taxes "Bad for the Economy".. “Naked Lunch” Economics: Our Everyday Micro-Vignettes of Money, Morality, and Evil.. The Recovery of One.. The Cycle of the Storm..
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Ventry of UC Davis on NPR: Tax Deductions on Mortgage Interest, Property Taxes "Bad for the Economy"
Economist Dennis Ventry of the University of California at Davis said on NPR's All Things Considered today that tax deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes are bad for the economy.Why?...
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Naked Lunch Economics: Our Everyday Micro-Vignettes of Money, Morality, and Evil
I once knew an entrepreneur who insisted that, in a free enterprise system, a for-profit entity should have no heart. In this persons view, every business issue should be described, evaluated, and...
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The Recovery of One
Referencing my comments in an earlier post about the period of mixed signals we now seem to be entering, one potential concern is that, in this age of the 24-hour news cycle, we may be over-reporting...
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The Cycle of the Storm
For the past several weeks, and often within the course of a given week, the tone of news about the economy has been like a roller coaster. One week housing starts or corporate earnings are...
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More on the Origin of The Dismal Science
In an earlier post I promised to elaborate on my research into the origin of the nickname The Dismal Science for economics. For the sake of keeping that promise, and for the benefit of those who...
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On the Profoundly Ironic Illogic of Screaming Keep Your Government Hands Off My Healthcare!
When a system has been in place throughout your entire nation since well before you were born, its easy to make the conclusion--unwarranted, given a lack of exploration of the evidence--that it's...
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So Now the Public Option Seems to be Off the Table -- And That's a Crying Shame
President Obama, in the spirit of his reputation as The Great Compromiser--which I do in fact applaud as one of his stronger political attributes that enables him, like Bill Clinton, to at least get...
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No Revisit, This Time, On Employer-Based Health Insurance
In the earliest stages of his administration's engagement with the healthcare reform issue, President Obama made it clear that a "Canadian-type" model won't work for us, at least not now, since we...
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Identify Yourself!
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Boring and Interesting at the Same Time
Recently some loosely related fragments of thought about economics were circulating in my mind. They seemed to be trying to find a way to coalesce into some form of higher level connection.The first...
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The Undismal Weekly Wrapup - July 12-18, 2009
Analytical Summaries of Key Stories of the Week on Economics and Public PolicyInteresting week, with major themes focusing on cautious optimism on signs of recovery (but with a tone of expectations...
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Brought to You by Big Government
This Plant Has Worked 307 Days Without a Lost Time Accident.The Best Previous Record Was 286 Days.Report All Unsafe Conditions to Your Foreman. My diverse and rather circuitous professional life has...
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The Flaws of Quasi-Darwinist Arguments for a Pure Laissez-Faire System
Adam Smith, having published The Theory of Moral Sentiments, in which the theory of the invisible hand first appears, precisely a century before Darwins Origin of the Species, created a model...
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The Undismal Weekly Wrapup -- July 5-11, 2009
Analytical Summaries of Key Stories of the Week on Economics and Public PolicyA Possible Bailout for Small Business (Forbes)Brian Wingfield reports on the possibility, currently under consideration...
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The Undismal Weekly Wrapup -- June 28-July 4, 2009
Analytical Summaries of Key Stories of the Week on Economics and Public PolicyA Setback on Jobs (New York Times)In an analysis of unexpectedly high job losses reported for June, David Leonhardt...
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