Samuelson’s Hooveritis: A Religious Belief That Won’t Go Away
In my last post I discussed the Washington Post’s Hooverite anti-deficit campaign and Fred Hiatt’s recent piece in the deficit hysteria genre. Now, let’s look at the latest effort of Robert Samuelson,...
View ArticleProgress on The Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter-Conference
A little more than a week ago, I proposed a Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter-Conference to be held in Washington, DC as a response to the First Meeting of the Administration’s National...
View ArticleThe CBO Is a Propaganda Mill
James K. Galbraith’s short piece in The Washington Post Outlook section proposed that we ought to toss the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). I couldn’t agree more. This post is a commentary intended...
View ArticleDefinitely Hoover
In early December, I asked whether President Obama would choose to be more like Hoover, or more like FDR. Well, I guess it’s definitely Hoover. The President believes that Federal dollars for a jobs...
View ArticleThe 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 ArticleLoose Talk and Numbskull Notions At the Podesta/Holtz-Eakin Debate: Part One
Tuesday night, I thought I’d attend The National Journal’s Debate on "Our Fiscal Future" between John Podesta and Douglas Holtz-Eakin with Jim Tankersley moderating at The George Washington...
View ArticleWall Of Shame
By Warren Mosler (Reprinted from Moslereconomics.com with the Express Permission of the Author) Unsustainable Budget Threatens Nation March 24 (Politico) — Repeated battles over the 2011 budget are...
View ArticleNeo-Liberalism Can’t Beat the Tea Party: But MMT Can
In the big budget fight going on right now in Congress, the Tea Party conservatives rightly point out that $61 Billion in spending cuts is just a drop in the bucket compared to the $1.6 Trillion...
View ArticleMyths, Scares, Lies, and Deadly Innocent Frauds, Updated: Part Two
(Author’s Note: This post updates Part Two of a series reviewing Warren Mosler’s book: The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy. The updating is prompted by a post by Hannah at DailyKos offering...
View ArticleMyths, Scares, Lies, and Deadly Innocent Frauds, Updated: Part Three
(Author’s Note: This post updates Part Three of a series reviewing Warren Mosler’s book: The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy. The updating is prompted by a post by Hannah at DailyKos...
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