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The Next President

with William J. Perry, George P. Shultzvia Foreign Affairs
Monday, September 1, 2008

The next president will inherit leadership of a nation that is still the most powerful in the world -- a nation rich with the continued promise of its dynamic and increasingly diverse population, a nation that could, and must, again inspire, mobilize, and lead the world...

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When Is a Tax Cut Really a Tax Hike? Usually

with Milton Friedmanvia Barron's Online
Monday, August 25, 2008

RHETORIC ABOUT TAX CUTS AND WHAT SEGMENT of society should get them is a predictable part of every presidential campaign...

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Obama’s Tax Proposals: Does He Really Mean it?

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Obama advisers Jason Furman and Austan Goolsbee were in the news last week with some specifics of Senator Obama’s tax proposals, which are also posted on his web site...

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John Taylor on Monetary Policy

by Russ Roberts with John B. Taylorvia EconTalk
Monday, August 18, 2008

John Taylor of Stanford University talks about the Taylor Rule, his description of what the Fed ought to do and what it sometimes actually does, to keep inflation in check and the economy on a steady path...

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Obama Details Raising Taxes on Gains, Dividends

with John B. Taylorvia Wall Street Journal
Friday, August 15, 2008

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama sought to quiet critics by offering specifics about his tax plan, but his proposal to raise tax rates on investment income and expand payroll taxes is continuing to draw fire from some who say it will harm workers and the economy...

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Candidates Court 'Big Business Brands'

with John B. Taylorvia Wall Street Journal
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Jason Furman, Barack Obama's economic-policy director, is spending this weekend in the tony Hamptons outside New York, as will many top Wall Street executives...

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Experts: State must plan for demographic shift

with Victor Davis Hansonvia San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

It's high time California's policymakers look past their annual dickering over the state budget and start planning for the major, long-range demographic changes facing the Golden State, according to an economic think tank in Sacramento...

Analysis and Commentary

The Galbraith Effect?

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Many years ago, when I was a college student, I took a course from John Kenneth Galbraith...

Analysis and Commentary

The right to write, even if you’re wrong

by Tibor R. Machanvia Freedom Communications
Saturday, August 9, 2008

No, the rich have no special rights, none at all...

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Where Have All the Oil Speculators Gone?

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Friday, August 8, 2008

As posted oil prices soared from $85 a barrel on February 1, 2008, to peak at $142 a barrel in early July, several Congressional committees held hearings to investigate the role of speculators in pushing up prices...

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The Working Group on Economic Policy brings together experts on economic and financial policy to study key developments in the U.S. and global economies, examine their interactions, and develop specific policy proposals.

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