…general merchandise stores, haven’t. That could, he cautions, be a reflection of consumer choice—customers might have changed their preferences to items that are more profitable, such as private-label brands. Regardless,…

…of the $18 trillion would come from Sanders’ health plan. That’s more than Washington Post editorial writer Stephen Stromberg did the day after that WSJ report last month.* And it’s…

…some doubt on the usefulness of such labeling. For example, the label “cyclical” often implies — whether implicitly or explicitly — that declines in the participation rate explained by “cyclical”…

William Polley wonders out loud as well: The WSJ Real Time Economics Blog opens a post with this: “Back in 2003, when the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to 1%,…

…to avoid the label of a liberal bias? The NYT? Somehow I don’t buy that one… Now the standard response is to talk about Jeff Gerth and the NYT’s role…

…and outside groups. The $400 checks that these families will not get were a big part selling this plan, a way to avoid the “sellout to the wealthy” label. The…