…the Obama deficits are how Obama reacted to the poor state of the economy. (In fairness, some of the bail-out spending was pre-committed by the previous administration, but then Obama…

…effects on different economic measures? 5. In which branches do Democratic and Republican results differ the most? Does that vary depending on the economic measure you’re looking at? 6. Do…

…formed the core of the blog for many years. Each has a Ph.D. in economics, but AB’s focus is on microeconomic issues, Kash’s are in macroeconomic issues, and PGL’s training…

…the GOP attempt to label the Dems as the tax-and-spend party, the GOP turned out to be the tax-cut-and spend-anyway party. Government grew under Bush, even while revenues shrank. The…

…and small. 7 In Desmond’s estimation that includes policy makers, but also the NIMBY crowd—“Perhaps we are not so polarized after all,” he writes. “Maybe above a certain income level,…