Sharp-eyed Greg Mankiw discovers that Paul Krugman has effectively conceded that the ’starve the beast’ theory of government has wings:
…according to Krugman, the Bush tax cuts may well cause government under President Obama to grow less than it otherwise would.
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Barack Obama has campaigned thus far on a strong platform of ‘change’. On one level, he’s been very unspecific; on another he has deliberately sought to be less partisan in his message, trying to include more people in his vision. Read more »
OK folks – a special open forum for discussing and debating the ALP’s budget. Since I haven’t the time to study the budget in depth and it’s not really appropriate for me to comment on the stuff I do know about (telco & broadband), I’ll kick things off with some casual observations and questions for the audience.
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OK, that’s probably going to far, but still this from Will Wilkerson starts to come close to my own position.
What is especially interesting is both Brad DeLong and Mark Thoma cite Will aprovingly.
Barack Obama has campaigned thus far on a strong platform of ‘change’. On one level, he’s been very unspecific; on another he has deliberately sought to be less partisan in his message, trying to include more people in his vision. His most pointed and intelligent criticisms of current political practice focus on the partisan divide within the various arms of the US government, so much so that each arm is often involved in a deliberate obstruction game vis a vis the others. Read more »
2,370 warrant requests granted in 2007, up 9% from 2006, to search or eavesdrop on suspected terrorists and spies in the U.S.
9,254 national security letters issued in 2005; 12,583 in 2006 (data for 2007 is not yet available). Such letters request information like your bank account details and telephone usage, but do not rely on a court order and are issued without informing the person spied upon. Read more »
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