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Everyone Should Have The Retirement Plan Federal Employees Enjoy
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by Teresa Ghilarducci, Kevin Hassettvia The Washington Post
All Eyes On Digital Payments
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by Raghuram Rajanvia Project Syndicate
Kevin Hassett On His Plan To Open Up The Retirement System
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interview with Kevin Hassettvia Yahoo
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Socialism and The Constitution
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by Michael McConnellvia Defining Ideas
The Essence Of Marxism
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by Niall Fergusonvia Defining Ideas
Portrait of Karl Marx
Liberal Democracy Vs. Communism
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by Peter Berkowitzvia Defining Ideas
How Socialist Is Bernie Sanders?
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by Paul R. Gregoryvia Defining Ideas
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A Cautionary Note On Price-Level Targeting
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by Charles I. Plosservia Defining Ideas
Furman, Summers And Taxes
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by David R. Hendersonvia Defining Ideas
The Bonds Of Colonialism
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by Terry Anderson, Wendy Purnellvia Defining Ideas

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Why A Tax Vote Last Week In Los Angeles Is A Preview Of 2020’s Coming Attractions

by Bill Whalenvia California on Your Mind
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Baseball has spring training, Broadway its tech rehearsals, and software engineers their beta tests.

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ECB Frustrated As Markets Call Bluff On Stimulus Signals

quoting Melvyn B. Kraussvia The Financial Times
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Seven years ago Mario Draghi could rely on words alone to convince markets that he would do “whatever it takes” to save the euro. Now, with his eight-year term drawing to a close, investors are willing to bet that the European Central Bank president is bluffing.

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Influential Economist Martin Feldstein Has Died At Age 79

featuring Martin Feldsteinvia Fox Business
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

FBN's Maria Bartiromo on the death of Harvard Economics Professor and Hoover Institution Fellow Martin Feldstein.

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Raghuram Rajan In The Frame As UK Contemplates A Foreign Central Bank Boss

featuring Raghuram Rajanvia The Economic Times
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Raghuram Rajan has delivered some uncomfortable economic truths in a career spanning the International Monetary Fund and powerful positions in his native India. The question is whether Brexit Britain is ready to hear them from another foreign Bank of England governor.

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Analysis and Commentary

My Economics Of Golf Ball

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Yesterday I broke with an old pattern I had developed during half a century of work (if you include college, where I did work hard) and took the day off. I had always wondered what it would be like to attend a major golf tournament and I was fortunate enough to get 2 free passes to the U.S. Open practice rounds plus a parking permit. So I invited a friend and we had a ball, so to speak.

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Russ Roberts On The Emergent Order Podcast

interview with Russ Robertsvia Emergent Order Podcast
Friday, June 7, 2019

John Papola interviews economist, author, Hoover Institution fellow, and host of the EconTalk Podcast, Russ Roberts. John and Russ explore the story behind their first creative collaboration: Fear the Boom and Bust.

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'A Simple Pattern': How Trump Claims Victory When Facts Suggest Otherwise

quoting Bill Whalenvia The Guardian
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Another drama, another cliffhanger, another disaster averted at the last minute. Donald Trump had saved the world. Again.

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Analysis and Commentary

Martin Feldstein RIP

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

I learned late last night that my boss for two years at the Council of Economic Advisers, Marty Feldstein, died yesterday. He was only 79.

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Why Are The Western Middle Classes So Angry?

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Bozeman Daily Chronicle (MT)
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

What is going on with the unending Brexit drama, the aftershocks of Donald Trump’s election and the “yellow vests” protests in France? What drives the growing estrangement of southern and eastern Europe from the European Union establishment? What fuels the anti-EU themes of recent European elections and the stunning recent Australian re-election of conservatives?

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Hoover Senior Fellow Martin Feldstein Passes Away

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Martin Feldstein, a renowned economist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, passed away on June 11. Feldstein was the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers for President Reagan. Hoover Fellows who served on this council with him included Tom Gilligan, John Cochrane and David Henderson.

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Economic Policy Working Group

 
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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