The economy without government
Two leading economist put out a study describing what might have happened had the government not taken extraordinary actions following the financial meltdown.
My take in
WASHINGTON SAVED OUR ECONOMIC HIDE
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Weighty Canada — economic and otherwise
Marketwatch’s Canada expert, Bill Mann, makes note of my recent column praising Canada’s bank regulation as a boon to its economy.
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Canada’s balmy economy
Has anyone noticed that smart government regulations can help the economy? It’s all there to see in Canada.
REGULATION MADE CANADA FAT AND HAPPY
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Raise taxes to cut government?
So much for the starve-the-beast theory whereby cutting taxes leads to smaller government. Our two leading tax-cutting presidents, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, advocated that theory, then expanded government with borrowed money. Clever fellows.
Another theory based on the “fiscal illusion” effect holds that raising taxes is a more effective way to contain government than cutting them.
I discuss that thinking in my new column:
RAISE TAXES TO CUT GOVERNMENT?
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Democratic rout no sure thing
Do we like the direction of the country? No. Are Republicans the answer? Hell no.
REPUBLICAN VOODOO PUT US ON THIS PATH
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There may be a factory in your future
Forget about Blake’s “dark Satanic Mills” and the more recent bloodletting of factory jobs:
FOR SOME, MANUFACTURING CAN BE A MARVELOUS CAREER
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