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Category Archives: Economics

Productivity: Which Side Are You On?

January 12, 2015

Every time some report says that “productivity increased” there’s dancing in the street (Wall Street, at least). Worker bees, however, …

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Hey, Big Spender…

September 4, 2012

Here’s that pesky commie-socialist-America-hating rag the Wall Street Journal throwing facts in our faces again: Obama spending binge never happened

The Productive

August 8, 2012

It seems like every time I read one of Cal Thomas’s opinion pieces I find something that sticks in my …

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Where Have the Job Creators Been?

July 11, 2012

The Republicans keep saying that we need to preserve tax breaks for the wealthy because they are the job creators. …

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How Wall Street Creates Wealth

June 12, 2012

This is an old joke, which I’ve stripped of its ethnic roots. Frank goes into a store looking for a …

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My Take on Capitalism

June 11, 2012

I believe that capitalism is the most efficient economic system. Check that – I believe capitalism is the most efficient …

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Is Hard Work the Path to Success?

June 1, 2012

How many times have we heard that “hard work is the path to success”? It’s a mantra of the conservatives, who …

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Austerity in times of trouble – Part 2

May 1, 2012

Another one of those ideas that floats around is that “government should tighten its belt like any family would do.” This …

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Austerity in times of trouble – Part 1

May 1, 2012

I’m no expert in macroeconomics, but that doesn’t stop me from having thought about it and formed some opinions. They …

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Class Warfare

April 26, 2012

One of the first things that conservatives say whenever the idea of taxing the wealthy is mentioned is that the …

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