Aesop’s Fables And Corporate Tax Policy

October 24, 2011

Some guidance on restoring business spending and confidence, from one of Aesop’s fables.

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Desperate Times Produce Desperate Thinking

October 12, 2011

Harvard economist Ken Rogoff warned against using inflation to solve the debt problem, then changed his mind. He was right the first time.

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Bonus Years

September 2, 2011

After three “bonus years” of living with parents after college, a daughter sets out on her own today. This boomerang won’t return again.

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Disabled By The Economy?

June 1, 2011

A lot of people are sick of bad economic news, but can a bad economy make people so sick they are actually unable to work? Like many politicians and executives, I tend to be cynical when I search for a link between rising unemployment rates and rising disability claims. Yet there certainly is some sort of connection. The Social Security Administration received 1.8 million more new claims in 2009 than …

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Americans Back On The Move

May 17, 2010

In 2008, most Americans stayed put. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a smaller percentage of the population moved to a new residence during 2008 than during any other year since the agency began collecting comparable data in 1948. But in 2009, the “For Sale” signs returned, went up, and came down. Moving trucks once again lumbered through city streets and along highways as 12.5 percent of Americans found a …

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A Well-Intentioned Law May Keep Older Americans Unemployed

January 11, 2010

Many older Americans who have seen their savings hit hard during the past year are now postponing their retirement plans. A recent study revealed that 44 percent of workers aged 50 and over intend to extend their working years as a result of the recession. If they can, that is. Older employees, in general, have fared better in recent layoffs than their younger counterparts. In October, only 6.8 percent of …

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Something Better Than ‘Cash For Caulkers’

December 10, 2009

As we struggle to emerge from the Great Recession, the United States is relying on its charismatic president to boldly lead us back to prosperity. Would somebody please tell Barack Obama that we can’t weatherize our way to full employment? President Obama this week announced a new package of proposals to stimulate hiring. He wants yet more road- and rail-improvement spending, which will stack up in the pipeline behind the …

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What Ordinary People Can And Cannot Tell Us

November 6, 2009

John Smith used to be a director of marketing, or a recruiter, or a software developer at a major corporation. Now he is applying for food stamps, or working at Starbucks, or going back to school, or starting his own business. We have not had enough of those stories in the news, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism asserted in a recent report. According to Pew’s study …

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