The Procrustean Democracy of AmericaSpeaks: Part Four
In my previous three posts analyzing the June 26th AmericaSpeaks Community Conversation event I attended in Falls Church, VA, I presented the steps in the decision process used for the event, and...
View ArticleDeficit Hawks, Deficit Doves, and Deficit Owls
Congratulations to the folks at UMKC for giving us a new addition to the deficit aviary. Until now the media only had mind space for “deficit hawks” and “deficit doves.” Deficit hawks include folks...
View ArticleHarvard’s Mankiw – A Disgrace To the Economics Profession
By Warren Mosler (Reprinted from Moslereconomics.com with the Express Permission of the Author) CAUTION: BE SEATED WHEN READING COMMENTS BELOW: It’s 2026, and the Debt Is Due By N. Gregory Mankiw March...
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Let’s Defend Social Security and Other Entitlements With the Second Bill Of...
The favorite defense of Social Security by progressives harkens back to Franklin Roosevelt <a who famously said: ”I guess you’re right on the economics. They are politics all the way through. We...
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Dear Dr. Krugman: Please Let Me Explain
Krugman misses his deficit hawk friends. Paul Krugman can’t explain why the deficit issue has suddenly dropped off the agenda. He says: . . . quite suddenly the whole thing has dropped off the agenda....
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What That Letter Should Have Said
On Valentine’s Day, Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to the President, authored by himself and signed by 15 other Senators, all Democrats. The letter was a response to the rumors that the President...
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How to Restore the Good Name of Government
There are four very important things the president can do before the elections of 2014 that would help to restore some faith in Government and, as a by-product, at least tentative trust in the...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Don Beyer, VA – 8th Candidate for Congress
(Author’s note: My apologies: this one’s about 6 times longer than the ideal 1000 word post. I just didn’t feel right about breaking it up into parts, however, because that lose the continuity. So,...
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Misdirection: Rampell Views Entitlements Through the Generational War Lens
Some of the favored children of the economic elite who have a public presence, work hard in their writing and speaking to divert attention from inequality and oligarchy issues by raising the issue of...
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More Misdirection from Rampell in the Service of Generational War
In my last post, I took issue with a recent column by Catherine Rampell, who tries to make the case that seniors haven’t paid for their Social Security and Medicare because they “generally receive”...
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