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Some inequality and taxation links

December 1, 2012

I’m planning on writing about taxes and inequality, since they are very much in the public debate.  Here are some interesting links I’ve stored over the past few years: Marginal Tax Rates, Work and the Nation’s Real Tax System (pdf). … Continue reading →

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Why don’t they take my advice?

November 29, 2012

Megan is funny and on target: But something seems to make peoples’ brains drop right out of their heads when it comes to streaming media, causing them to issue pompous lectures to folks in other businesses about how their revenue … Continue reading →

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Fix your soul – by doing…something.

November 29, 2012

Umair Haque has big plans for you: Like what? Like reinventing the rusting iron core of the economic solar system, GDP — to include the costs of planetary catastrophe. Like reimagining national accounts — to count not just money and … Continue reading →

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When Work Is Punished: The Tragedy Of America’s Welfare State | ZeroHedge

November 28, 2012

Very interesting graphs here from the PA dept of Public Welfare and the CBO: When Work Is Punished: The Tragedy Of America's Welfare State | ZeroHedge.

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Lenders and Spenders

November 28, 2012

It is received Liberal Wisdom that inequality has already created tears in the social fabric. Conservatives tend to discount this idea. But it seems that if you believe inequality and/or inequal treatment are problems with significant social ramifications, you might … Continue reading →

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The Miracle of a Pencil

November 28, 2012
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Soros on Hayek and “Market Fundamentalism”

November 27, 2012

George Soros argues that Hayek and Popper both had it only partly right: Hayek argued that economic agents base their decisions on their interpretation of reality, not on reality — and the two are never the same. That is what … Continue reading →

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Test post: Who said this?

November 21, 2012

Who said this (emphasis mine)?: I like Freeman’s idea of providing each individual with a trust fund when young rather than retirement benefits when old, but we had better realize that this is a significant change in the character of … Continue reading →

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