Mark Zandi
Can You Measure The Stimulus?
In January of 2009, the Council of Economic Advisers released an economic projection predicting unemployment with or without the stimulus: READ MORE >>
Boehner's Deficit Blather
If you're advocating permanent extension of the Bush tax cuts, and you get asked about the impact on the budget, you have a few options. The first is to insist that deficits don't matter. The second is to argue that tax cuts cause revenues to rise. #1 is tricky given that pretty much everybody who favors the Bush tax cuts has spent the last year and a half painting the national debt as a danger likely to destroy the American way of life. #2 is starting to draw intense skepticism from the national press crops. READ MORE >>
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-- Richard Posner is not a fan of the Post's "Top Secret America" series. -- A thorough debunking of Stanley Kurtz's case that Barack Obama is a socialist. READ MORE >>
Worth Reading
Dan Gross: Rising U.S. stocks are a sign of growing foreign markets. CBO brief summarizing 28 gov't programs in support of housing. Mark Zandi says small business needs public help. READ MORE >>
