from The Clinton Plan’s Growth Deficit by John Cochrane in The Wall Street Journal Her speech Thursday at least identifies the problem: “Powerful special interests and the tendency to put ideology ahead of political progress have led to gridlock in Congress.” To
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from The Wall Street Journal, Ending America’s Slow Growth Tailspin, by John H. Cochrane Most of all, the country needs a dramatic legal and regulatory simplification, restoring the rule of law. Middle-aged America is living in a hoarder’s house of a
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from The Wall Street Journal, Ending America’s Slow Growth Tailspin, by John H. Cochrane Why is growth slowing down? One camp says that we’ve run out of ideas. We were supposed to have flying cars and all we got was Twitter. Get
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Economist John Cochrane wrote a 10,000 word essay, Economic Growth. Scott Grannis blogged some excerpts here: a few of them: When we say broaden the base by removing deductions and credits, we should be serious about that. Thus, even the holy trinity of
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Economist John Cochrane wrote a 10,000 word essay, Economic Growth. Scott Grannis blogged some excerpts here: a few of them: The popular debate is about “more” vs. “less” regulation. Regulation is not more or less, regulation is effective or ineffective, smarter or dumber,
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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
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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
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University of Chicago economist John Cochrane has written one of the most unique and insightful perspectives on inequality in his blog, The Grumpy Economist. Read Why and how we care about inequality in its entirety. It is about 6 pages long. excerpts:
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University of Chicago economist John Cochrane has written one of the most unique and insightful perspectives on inequality in his blog, The Grumpy Economist. Read Why and how we care about inequality in its entirety. It is about 6 pages long. excerpts:
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University of Chicago economist John Cochrane has written one of the most unique and insightful perspectives on inequality in his blog, The Grumpy Economist. Read Why and how we care about inequality in its entirety. It is about 6 pages long. excerpts:
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John Cochrane writes in the Wall Street Journal An Autopsy for the Keynesians Excerpts: Inequality was fashionable this year. But no government in the foreseeable future is going to enact punitive wealth taxes. Europe’s first stab at “austerity” tried big taxes
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University of Chicago economist John Cochrane has written one of the most unique and insightful perspectives on inequality in his blog, The Grumpy Economist. Read Why and how we care about inequality in its entirety. It is about 6 pages long. excerpts:
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As a blogger with a day job, I often find myself curating other posts- selecting and commenting. Over the years I have found a few writers that I frequently return to. My Favorite writers for 2014: 1. Kevin Williamson- National
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John Cochrane writes in the Wall Street Journal An Autopsy for the Keynesians Excerpts: Keynesians told us that once interest rates got stuck at or near zero, economies would fall into a deflationary spiral. Deflation would lower demand, causing more
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University of Chicago economist John Cochrane has written one of the most unique and insightful perspectives on inequality in his blog, The Grumpy Economist. Read Why and how we care about inequality in its entirety. It is about 6 pages long. excerpts:
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University of Chicago economist John Cochrane has written one of the most unique and insightful perspectives on inequality in his blog, The Grumpy Economist. Read Why and how we care about inequality in its entirety. It is about 6 pages long. excerpts:
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University of Chicago economist John Cochrane has written one of the most unique and insightful perspectives on inequality in his blog, The Grumpy Economist. Read Why and how we care about inequality in its entirety. It is about 6 pages long.
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From John Cochrane, The Grumpy Economist, Behavioral Political Economy excerpt: People do dumb things, in somewhat predictable ways. It follows that super-rational aliens or divine guidance could make better choices for people than they often make for themselves. But how
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University of Chicago economist John Cochrane has written one of the most unique and insightful perspectives on inequality in his blog, The Grumpy Economist. Read Why and how we care about inequality in its entirety. It is about 6 pages long. excerpts:
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Economist John Cochrane writes in the WSJ- What the ‘Inequality’ Warriors Really Want Excerpts: Yes, the reported taxable income and wealth earned by the top 1% may have grown faster than for the rest. This could be good inequality—entrepreneurs start
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