freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/11/2009
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As the Senate and the House look to reconcile competing stimulus plans, the big debate is whether to emphasize government spending or tax cuts. A new paper by the New York Fed's Gauti Eggertsson argues that the risk of deflation should tilt the balance to government spending.
Our current problem ...
Tax Cuts, Government Spending, Public Goods, and the Stimulus Package
economistsview.typepad.com 1/22/2009 — Tax cuts won't build schools, or any other public good. And right now, with so much of our infrastructure in need of attention, we need public goods. We tried the tax cut approach to stimulating the economy once, we had no choice since Bush and the ...
Spending versus tax cuts
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 8/4/2009 — Jeff Frankel says what I wanted to say about what we know so far about the impact of the stimulus:
Martin Feldstein and others predicted that the tax-cut component of the 2009 fiscal stimulus package would have substantially less expansionary ...
Obama Tax Cuts Likely Soon
washingtonpost.com 12/29/2008 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
No tax cuts?
tvhe.co.nz 8/2/2009 — So Bill English has said there is now no room for tax cuts , specificially:
New Zealand had to get out of the tax-cut “mode” it had been in for the past five years, he said, because of the new economic conditions, which see budget deficit forecasts of up $12 billion for the next ...
Stiglitz: Just Say No to Tax Cuts
economistsview.typepad.com 1/16/2009 — Joseph Stiglitz on the tax cuts versus spending question:
Do not squander America’s stimulus on tax cuts,
by Joseph Stiglitz, Commentary, Financial Times : As news of the US economy
worsens, worries about whether a stimulus could restart the ...
Can Tax Cuts Deepen The Recession?
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com 2/19/2009 — In one of the more ridiculous Keynesian theories to date, Gauti B. Eggertsson at the New York Fed comes to the conclusion Tax Cuts Will Deepen The Recession . Simple logic would dictate that letting people and businesses keep more of their money would ...
Obama Goes For Tax Cuts
econospeak.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — Jonathan Weisman and Naftali Bendavid report: President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are crafting a plan to offer about $300 billion of tax cuts to individuals and businesses, a move aimed at attracting Republican support for an ...
Video: Obama calls for government spending cuts
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 4/19/2009 — President Barack Obama said Saturday he will ask all of his department and agency heads for specific proposals for cutting their budgets at his Cabinet meeting early next week as he searches for ways to streamline government spending.
It's Time to Think Big on Tax Cuts
online.wsj.com 10/8/2008 — John McCain needs to show the nation that he has the economic recovery plan to restore long-term economic growth. To do that, he needs to refocus his campaign with a new tax plan. Mr. McCain should come out for an alternative, optional flatter tax ...
Sport: Is it recession-proof? —
The Economist: Full print edition 2/12/2009
Nothing can entirely escape the economic downturn. But leading sports come close GLOOMY days, these, for English cricket. On February 7th the England Test (international) side was skittled out for 51 runs, its third-lowest total in 132 years and 880 ...
Forget the Dow—Check the Vows —
The Big Money 2/12/2009
As with many infatuations, my New York Times Sunday Styles "Weddings and Celebrations" section obsession was for many years both unrequited and mysterious. The announcements of these couplings, replete with biodata and sprinkled with charming ...
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