Aug
8

Nightly Ramble: EightBalls;Bursting Bubbles;more

Eric Florack on August 8th, 2008
  • 08-08-08. Not sure it means anything, but it’s interesting.
  • Just about mid-summer. The Telegraph reports what I told you about at about mid-spring would happen at Mid-summer: The great oil Bubble has burst.

    The market’s conviction that oil prices were

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Jan
22

The Government is Not Charity

Eric Florack on January 22nd, 2008

Henke gets it almost right, but ignores the obvious:

The New York Times Editorial Board…

Philanthropic contributions in the United States – about $300 billion in 2006 – probably exceed those of any other country.

By contrast, America’s

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Jan
14

Nightly Ramble: Sharks And Those Who Act Like Them, Fred, Instant Democrats, And More on Supply Side

Eric Florack on January 14th, 2008
  • First things first: An Honorable Mention at the OTB Caption Contest.
  • I’ve noticed that Memeorandum thinks we have a heartbeat again. I’m not at all sure what caused them to hang up on us, but I’m glad we’re back on
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Oct
17

Lower Marginal Tax Rates Means More Tax Income. It’s That Simple.

Eric Florack on October 17th, 2007

Megan McArdle yesterday noting the story that we talked about here today,  and the press refuses to talk about at all;

 Thanks to George Bush’s amazing deficit reduction plan, the budget deficit is now only 1.2% of GDP. If

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