Fiscal multipliers, an economic concept often misused to justify austerity, is rearing its head in Beltway budget debates. Time to bone up.
Monday, June 30, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/23/2020
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Secular ‘Values Voters’ Are Becoming an Electoral Force in the US – Just Look Closely at 2020’s Results
More voters admit to not being religious. How does that play out in US politics?
Why Are Shootings Up in New York City? We Asked Four People on the Front Lines
“Becaue Covid” may not fully explain the rise in shootings in New York and other big cities.
Someone Should Ask Biden Cabinet Candidate Ursula Burns If She Supports Child Labor in Africa
Ursula Burns, a candidate for Commerce Secretary, is a director of Nestlé, which defended its use of child labor before the Supreme Court.
Holiday-Year End Schedule and Comments Holiday
We are cutting back on posting and comments so as to give Team NC a bit of a respite. Hope you can also take a year end break.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/22/2020
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Will Trump Pardon Himself? Why the Hell Not?
Will Trump pardon himself, complicating any future federal investigations into his possible misdeeds? I think so. And I would bet on him doing the same for family members.
Who Loses Out From Covid-Induced Changes in Buying Patterns?
Why for some sectors of the economy, life after Covid may never be the same.
UK’s Covid and Brexit Siege
Fog on the Covid and Brexit fronts.
A Tale of Two Elections: U.S. and Bolivia
US sanctimoniousness about the importance of elections respecting popular will does not apply outside our borders.
A Document Maven Looks at the Pfizer Vaccine Paper in the New England Journal of Medicine
How editorial practices at the NEJM lead doctors astray.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/21/2020
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