by Henry Oliner | Oct 27, 2015 | Economics, Politics, Taxes
From John Cochrane at The Grumpy Economist, Economic Growth This is part of a 10,000 word essay that is worth every second of the time it takes to read. The central goal of a growth-oriented tax system is to raise the revenue needed to fund necessary government...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 27, 2015 | Economics
Carly Fiorina schools Hillary on the economy in Hillary Clinton Flunks Economics in The Wall Street Journal: People at the top seem to be doing just fine under the policies she extols. As this newspaper reported last year, in the period 2009-12, 95% of income gains...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 27, 2015 | Economics
From The Wall Street Journal, The Fed Has Hurt Business Investment by Michael Spence and Kevin Warsh; During the past five years earnings of the S&P 500 have grown about 6.9% annually. As the table nearby shows the current profit picture pales in comparison to...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 27, 2015 | Economics
Economist John Cochrane wrote a 10,000 word essay, Economic Growth. Scott Grannis blogged some excerpts here: a few of them: Our economy is like a garden, but the garden is choked with weeds. Rather than look for some great new fertilizer to throw on it, why don’t...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 27, 2015 | Democrats, Politics
How Do You Spell Apparent Fraud? The Clinton Foundation, Shady Accounting and Aids However, the problems appear set to catch up with the foundation (now formally known as the Bill, Hillary, & Chelsea Clinton Foundation), which has until November 16 to amend more...
