…order our current economists are Cactus, Divorced one like Bush, Ken Houghton, Spencer England, Stormy, Robert Waldmann, Tom Bozzo, Linda Beale, and Rebecca Wilder. Bruce Webb has added his expertise…
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More on the Threat to Social Security and Medicare from the so-called "Fiscal Cliff"
by Linda Beale More on the Threat to Social Security and Medicare from the so-called “Fiscal Cliff” In several posts recently I have discussed the harmful demands the right is…
Calling all Americans: we face an "austerity crisis" not a fiscal "cliff”
by Linda Beale Calling all Americans: we face an “austerity crisis” not a fiscal “cliff”; we need a piecemeal solution, not a “grand bargain” Keynesian economic theory is the only…
Starve the state; support traditional families (only)
by Linda Beale The right-wing’s “breadwinner conservatism”–starve the state; support traditional families (only) Many of us who think about tax and economic policy have been confounded by the tendency of…
Pandering to the Right Fringe
by Linda Beale Pandering to the Right Fringe This campaign season has revealed more clearly than ever the ultimate goal of today’s hard right, as manifested in campaign debates and…
Barney Frank and the need for a risk-based bank fee
by Linda Beale Barney Frank and the need for a risk-based bank fee That post about the McCain-Paul environmental devastation and revenue decimation bill (somehow mistakenly given the label of…
The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions
by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions Congress seems incapable of setting aside electioneering rhetoric and talking straight about taxes and deficits. The GOP claims…