Zombie Politics

The controversy of the moment involves AOC’s advocacy of a tax rate of 70-80 percent on very high incomes, which is obviously crazy, right? ...

Great piece in today's Times about the economy, especially if you want to know the basics about economics. Here was my favorite part. ...

California is now the 6th largest economy in the world? All while being run by those tax and spend Democrats? GDP at 4 percent? Surplus at...

Here's a great piece from the post on globalization and why, despite the evidence, people are revolting against it. The evidence? Thi...

I've been posting in a conversation about the minimum wage over at Real Clear Politics. Check out this gem from a fellow posting under t...

Minnesota got another shout out for having a great economy despite the "destruction" that raising taxes, increasing the minimum w...

From Ronald Reagan's chief economist ... As for the idea that cutting regulations will lead to significant job growth, Bartlett said i...

As I have stated previously... Part of the reason is that Minnesota has structured state tax collections to take advantage of progressive ...

The state of Kansas has become an excellent example of exactly what happens when you run a government with they type of policies championed...

Last Friday, the president spoke in my hometown and NPR in Minnesota aired  a post speech analysis . At about the 12 minute mark, Keith Down...

The Times had a great piece in yesterday's paper which illustrated yet again how the relative inelasticity of demand in many health car...

This. The Congressional Budget Office said the unanticipated $203 billion cut to the current-year shortfall -- a 24 percent drop from just...

There have been lot of rumblings of late regarding the minimum wage. The president has suggested that it be raised to $9 per hour. Elizabeth...

The sixth chapter of Joseph Stiglitz's The Price of Inequality is called, "1984 is Upon Us." In this section, Stiglitz detai...