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What Happened to Corporate Tax Reform?

President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union Address contained ringing language on corporate tax reform: Over the years, a parade of lobbyists has rigged the tax code to benefit particular companies and industries.  Those with accountants or lawyers to work the system can end up paying no taxes at all.  But all the rest are [...]

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$30 TRILLION TO PROMOTE CRONY CAPITALISM: The Fed’s Bail-Out of Wall Street

I’m directing a research project on the Fed’s bail-out of Wall Street and am periodically posting updates on the findings. Previously I’ve blogged the preliminary findings of two of my grad students, James Felkerson and Nicola Matthews and the first paper was finished a few weeks ago  (my summary here http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/op_23.pdf; full paper here http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_698.pdf) [...]

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‘We’ve Got Bigger Problems Right Now’ – Roubini and Bremmer Reveal the Surprising Winners and Losers of the Coming Year, and Debate Whether the Big Brains at Davos Can Rescue a Global Economy in Crisis

From Foreign Policy: As the global elite gather for the World Economic Forum this week the topic of discussion is less about creating wealth for the less fortunate or helping the developing world — it’s about saving the core. Perhaps not surprisingly, economist Nouriel Roubini says don’t hold your breath, calling 2012 a year of [...]

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It’s pretty easy to see through relative labor performance which economy is pursuing procyclical fiscal policy, namely deficits rise when the economy is booming and fall when the economy is contracting: the EA.

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