politico.com - 10/12/2008
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Among the measures being considered are tax cuts for capital gains and dividends. See also: Obama cautious, vague in econ crisis
How McCain Could Have Won
econlog.econlib.org 11/5/2008 — (November 4, 2008 09:27 AM, by Bryan Caplan) Yesterday my RA, Brian Blase, made the smartest point about political strategy that I've heard all year. In fact, if Blase were McCain's right-hand man instead of mine, the Republican candidate's ...
Good Little Stuff from Big Mac
kudlowsmoneypolitics.blogspot.com 10/15/2008 — It certainly wasn’t the big-bang across-the-board tax-reform and tax-cut plan that I and others lobbied for. But John McCain’s “Pension and Family Security Plan” unveiled today on the campaign trail does have some solid pro-growth nuggets. I’m calling ...
Why Is It Likely That McCain Will Lose?
delong.typepad.com 10/26/2008 — Paul Krugman:
Op-Ed Columnist - Desperately Seeking Seriousness - NYTimes.com : Maybe the polls and the conventional wisdom are all wrong, and John McCain will pull off a stunning upset. But right now the election looks like a blue sweep.... ...
Fiscal Implications of the Candidates' Plans
econbrowser.com 11/3/2008 — I think now is the time to consider the fiscal implications of the candidates' budget -- and particularly tax -- plans, especially considering the revenue declines and outlays that will confront the next President. Indeed, I would say imminent ...
Saving and taxes
macroblog.typepad.com 11/7/2008 — I hope you will excuse me for trading in a bit of old news, but I’ve been thinking about a post by Greg Mankiw from last week. Titled “ My Personal Work Incentives ,” the item takes published details of the McCain and Obama tax proposals. The essence ...
John Williamson and the Washington Consensus
rodrik.typepad.com 10/15/2008 — John Williamson has a nice account of his relationship to the WC (his illegitimate child according to his daughter) in the Growth Commission's new blog. Even since he christened the intellectual consensus of the late 1980s, Williamson has ...
My Personal Work Incentives
gregmankiw.blogspot.com 10/26/2008 — Here is a question that you may have been thinking about: How do the different candidates' tax plans affect Greg Mankiw's incentive to work? Okay, you probably haven't been thinking about this. But I have, because, after all, I am Greg Mankiw. And if ...
Barack Obama - Topics
nydailynews.com 10/4/2008 — Lots of TV fun as Mac, Bam finally show personality Posted on 10-16-2008 After two previous debates that felt like the candidates could have sneaked out to the movies and sent holograms to the TV studio, John McCain and Barack Obama this time brought ...
Energy Independence
econlog.econlib.org 10/28/2008 — (October 25, 2008 11:10 AM, by David Henderson) Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, presidential campaign years give us economists a lot of "teaching moments," that is, chances to educate the public about basic, important ...
Financial Crises and Democracy
baselinescenario.com 11/1/2008 — Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, gave a thought-provoking speech in Milan last week. In particular, he focused on the role of democratic politics in responding to the financial crisis and, more ...
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The Big Money 10/15/2008
The closest most voters will come to seeing Barack Obama and John McCain is through the television in their own living room. With three weeks to go before the election, the candidates are spending gobs of money on advertising in the hopes that the ...
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