realclearmarkets.com - 10/27/2009
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In his brilliant 1981 book Reaganomics, economist Bruce Bartlett observed that "to the Keynesians, all tax cuts are the same." Seeking to show why that was not the case, Bartlett took readers on a masterful ride through tax policy in the 20th century.
As Bartlett put it, the "individual ...
thedailybeast.com - 10/22/2009
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thedailybeast.com —
Article - Bartlett economics dollar man Conservatives deride
Bruce Bartlett, a supply-side economics inventor, as a Keynesian...
for criticizing their devotion to tax cuts. But circumstances, not his views, have changed, he says and Republicans should ...
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The Supply-Side Pariah Returns
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Desperately Seeking Bruce Bartlett
24/7 Wall St. —
... not the case, Bartlett took readers on a masterful ride through tax policy in the 20th century. As Bartlett put it, the “individual entrepreneur is still the basic motivating force in the economy ” and any “measures which suppress entrepreneurship will ultimately cause the economy to stagnate.” With the top tax rate at the nosebleed level of 71 percent at the time of the book’s publication, Bartlett’s cure was among other things lower taxes in order to reduce the cost of innovation. Read more….
Desperately Seeking--Me?
Capital Gains and Games —
I may or may not have more to say about this later, but for now I just thought I would call readers' attention to this article, which seeks to paint me as some sort of charlatan for having views today that are different from those I expressed in a book published 28 years ago.
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2009/10/27/desperately_seeking_the_bruce_bartlett_of_old_97470.html
In fact, my views haven't changed at all. What has changed are the facts, the circumstances, the actual economic conditions that policymakers must respond to. To erstwhile ...
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