Monthly Archives: October 2009
In Which I Plug My Undergraduate Advisor
Sometimes, I think economists are paid to be wet blankets. No specialty in the discipline, however, is as killjoy as sports economics, where the experts are virtually unanimous in opposing public funding for professional sports stadiums. And yet, with only … Continue reading
Filed under Economics
On Sen. Kerry and PricewaterhouseCoopers
I’ve been keeping half an eye on Brian Beutler’s excellent live-blogging of the Senate Finance Committee’s vote on health care reform, and Senator John Kerry just made a perplexing comment about the PricewaterhouseCoopers report [PDF] commissioned by the health insurance … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, Health Care
Business Incentive FAIL
Even Republicans are getting on board of the idea of a second stimulus, provided that the redux sequel is jobs-focused and based on tax cuts. One proposal gaining bipartisan steam is a two-year tax credit tied to the number of … Continue reading
Filed under Economics
The VAT Marches On… to Sacramento?
California’s Commission on the 21st Century Economy has released a report that, among other things, recommends the state stabilize tax revenue by adopting a “net receipts tax”, as well as eliminating sales taxes and lowering income taxes. Bruce Bartlett and … Continue reading
Filed under California, Economics
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