Topic: Fiscal Policy

Land of Confusion

– October 15, 2010

I thought that I would offer a run-through of what the government and the Fed have done to help us out during our troubled economic times. It is, of course, not a complete list, but it may be interesting to think about when you ask yourself why the lat …

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“It’s the Money, Stupid”

– October 13, 2010

“At the moment, Republican leaders and policy elites are advancing exclusively fiscal solutions that address only the government response to the economic crisis and not the crisis itself. Fiscal deficits did not create the crisis, and reducing deficits …

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“Does Inequality Cause Inflation? The Political Economy of Inflation, Taxation and Government Debt”

– September 29, 2010

“The optimal revenue mix is tilted more towards seigniorage if the ruling political party has less of a dislike for inflation, if the costs of collecting taxes are high and the extent of tax evasion is widespread (cf. Canzoneri and Rogers, 1990), and i …

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Russia – “Inflation Could Trip New Exchange-rate Crisis”

– September 28, 2010

“This happy outcome was a result of serious efforts by the Finance Ministry to contain budget expenditure and by the Central Bank to restrain excessive monetary growth. Inflation control became the most important priority for the government because, ap …

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Here Today, Keynes Tomorrow

– September 27, 2010

“Keynesian ideas seem to pop up time and time again, especially in times of crisis. Keynes himself even sensed the impact his theories were going to have. When Keynes was writing the General Theory he wrote to George Bernard Shaw in 1935, “…you have to …

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Commitment

– September 22, 2010

“There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” – Unknown Today’s Atlas Liberty Café fe …

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“Repudiate the National Debt”

– September 22, 2010

“In the spring of 1981, conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives cried. They cried because, in the first flush of the Reagan Revolution that was supposed to bring drastic cuts in taxes and government spending, as well as a balanced budg …

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Euro Will Unravel, and Soon — AEI

– September 17, 2010

By Desmond Lachman AEI Online Tuesday, September 14, 2010 “The outbreak of a sovereign-debt crisis in the eurozone’s peripheral economies has been among the more important developments in the global economy in 2010. Sadly, this crisis will likely inten …

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“The Political Economy of Crisis Opportunism”

– September 15, 2010

“Like a river suddenly swollen by the collapse of an upstream dam, the ideological current becomes bloated by the public’s fear and apprehension of impending dangers and its heightened uncertainty about future developments. Bewildered people turn to th …

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To the Tea Partiers: End Imperialism, Take the Money Back — Daily Caller

– September 15, 2010

By Luis Tellez — Increasingly obvious perils of government debt have given rise to public concern, and even alarm. Though some people argue the alarm is exaggerated, there is a growing segment of the population that is thinking long and hard about the …

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“Greenspan: Fiscal Stimulus Worked Far Less Than Expected”

– September 15, 2010

“The former head of the Federal Reserve said fiscal stimulus efforts have fallen far short of expectations, and the government now needs to get out of the way and allow businesses and markets to power the recovery. “We have to find a way to simmer down …

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Atlas Liberty Cafe with Peter Boettke

– September 15, 2010

Please join us for September’s edition of the Atlas Liberty Café on Wednesday, September 22, from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, at the Cato Institute.  Liberty Café seeks to bring together allies with interests in worldwide issues to (1) share perspectives on g …

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