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Long Term Policy Choices: Taxes and Middle Class Benefits
Ramesh Ponnuru in The Weekly Standard does a good job summarizing the policy choices in the context of the conservative – liberal debate about taxes and middle class benefits: “Regardless of what politicians have been saying in public, everyone who … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Health, Socio-economic Status, Taxes
Tagged benefits, budget, conservative, government, liberal, middle class, policy, taxes, welfare state
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What’s the Easiest Way to Reduce the Deficit?
Answer: Long-term economic growth. And what is Congress’ strategic policy for long-term economic growth? Hmmm.
Posted in Economy, Government
Tagged Congress, economic growth, economy, jobs, policy, strategy
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Republican Strength in Congress, Decline of Unions, Tax Policies and Stock Market are Important for Aiding Super-Rich
A new study in the American Sociological Review finds Republican strength in Congress is an important factor in aiding the super-rich, but the President’s party affiliation is not related. The authors, Thomas W. Volschoa and Nathan J. Kellyb, provide the following … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Income Distribution, Inequality, Presidential Leadership, Socio-economic Status, Taxes, Wealth
Tagged capital gains, Congress, economy, income distribution, inequality, party, policy, politics, President, social class, socio-economic status, super-rich, tax rates, top 1%, unions
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Deficit Hawk Agrees: Austerity Now Would Be A Tragic Mistake
Stan Collender, a Deficit Hawk: Sequester Madness Is Bad Policy, Bad Politics “The sequester needs to be canceled because it’s the wrong fiscal policy at the absolutely wrong time that, as the Congressional Budget Office has said (and no one … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Uncategorized
Tagged austerity, debt, deficit, economic growth, Keynesian, policy, recession, sequestration
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Does Affluence Effect Political Influence? Inequality and Political Power
In Affluence & Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America Martin Gilens finds when income groups differ on policy alternatives the middle class and poor lose the policy outcome while high income groups win. “These findings suggest that political representation functions … Continue reading
Robotics: A Real Threat to Employment and a Challenge for Policymakers
The relationship between advances in technology and unemployment, especially for the unskilled labor force must be understood and acted upon by policymakers. Here’s a specific example: “Robotics as a technology is far from new, but is ready to displace hundreds … Continue reading
Policy Follow-up: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?
In the last blog dealing with the question, “Is the American Dream Alive and Well?“, I ended the post with a question on policy strategies to assure equal opportunity, mitigating the adverse effects of birth origin. Fortunately, there is evidence … Continue reading