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With the Cain train having gone off the rails this week, contenders left have not always made their economic recovery plans the centerpiece of their campaigns. Nonetheless, each of the remaining candidates do have their own. But, do these Republican candidates' economic recovery prescriptions have merit?

Poll Republican 2012 Presidential Candidates Economic Recovery Plans? 1=No/Horrible, 5=Yes/Great

"October 2. People are asking my thoughts on Occupy Wall Street. Here's an article about five ways OccupyWallStreet has succeeded. But notice the level on which it has succeeded: public opinion. In the middle ages, there was universal agreement that the church was corrupt for hundreds of years before the church began to reform. Even then it did not ( Read more... )

September 15. A reader asks what I think about a certain ideology in economics, which claims to believe in "free markets". I think the whole concept is a lie. First, "freedom" is the perfect propaganda word: its meaning is vague, we have strong feelings about it, and it is value-loaded. Nobody will stand up and say "I am against freedom." So if you ( Read more... )

"I distinctly recall the Chilean coup of September 11, 1973 very clearly. I was attending a graduate economics course at Harvard University that was taught by a protégé of the University of Chicago’s Professor Milton Friedman. One of my fellow students was Sebastian Pinera, a member of one of Chile’s oldest families, a future billionaire owner ( Read more... )

There was Jefferson v Hamilton ( Read more... )

by Gaius Publius
on 9/03/2011 07:15:00 PM

In the context of news that the Obama ozone cave-in decision was Citizens United-related, we find this, from Zach Carter & Jordon Howard at the Huff Post (my emphasis):
As the nation struggles with a stagnant economy, President Barack Obama has preached overhauling the U.S. tax code to spur economic growth ( Read more... )

Published on Thursday, August 4, 2011 by CommonDreams.org
by John Atcheson
Since Reagan, Republicans have been on a “starve the beast” campaign - by which they mean eviscerate the government by taking away as much revenue as they can.

Starving the beast ( Read more... )

by Gaius Publius on 6/07/2011 07:01:00 PM



This seems to be a theme day at Casa GP, more about the economy than one meal should contain.

At least it keeps our minds off that flashlight of truth pointed at Anthony Weiner and his focus on the serial corrections of the deeply conflicted Justice Clarence Thomas.

Robert Kuttner has a ( Read more... )

by John Aravosis (DC) on 4/22/2011 05:10:00 PM



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by Joe Sudbay (DC) on 4/12/2011 08:28:00 AM



On Friday, we saw triumphant speeches from President Obama, Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker Boehner about the deal they cut to prevent a government shutdown. They all touted the 39 billion spending cuts, particularly Obama boasted of " the largest annual spending cut in our history ( Read more... )