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Tag Archives: Bill Clinton
Gary Becker and the law of the jungle
The sub-prime crisis and the ensuing economic slowdown have led many to question some widely held economic tenets, particularly the belief that unfettered markets inevitably lead to the best of all possible outcomes. Writing in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, University … Continue reading
How bad does Edward Lazear need it to be?
Writing in Friday’s Wall Street Journal, Stanford professor Edward Lazear argues that the real danger to the American worker is too much government–in other words: too many taxes and too much spending. Prof. Lazear writes: During the debt-ceiling debate, President … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Crisis, government budget, subprime crisis
Tagged Alan Greenspan, Bill Clinton, Ed Lazear, George W. Bush
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Read Michael Boskin’s lips
Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, Stanford economist Michael Boskin warns that the specter of “growth-destroying confiscatory” tax rates looms if the Obama Administration has its way. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Or maybe not. The Administration’s proposed changes to … Continue reading
Posted in government budget
Tagged Bill Clinton, deficit, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Michael Boskin, Ronald Reagan, taxes
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A bad idea…with 47 co-sponsors
Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal today, Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Jim DeMint (R-SC) tout their support (along with their 45 Republican Senate colleagues) for a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. This is a bad idea for three … Continue reading
