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“Our Little Woodstock”: The Launching of No Labels

“Our Little Woodstock”: The Launching of No Labels

Yesterday, December 13, 1,100 people gathered together in the Alfred J. Lerner Hall at Columbia University.  Every seat was taken, and many were standing in the aisles.  No Labels National Founders Meeting was not only a launch; it was ...Read more

Political Economy 201: Taxes in General and Capital Gains and Dividend Taxes in Particular

Political Economy 201: Taxes in General and Capital Gains and Dividend Taxes in Particular

Whether or not to extend the Bush Tax Cuts on capital gains and dividends is a question both divisive and urgent.  They’re due to expire in less than a month.  How can we keep them when we have huge deficits ...Read more

Political Economy 102: The Proper Framework for Analyzing Government Spending

Political Economy 102: The Proper Framework for Analyzing Government Spending

Almost three weeks ago – on November 10, to be exact, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles , bipartisan co-chairs of Obama’s  National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, released a draft of what they believe is the best way to ...Read more

Political Economy 101: Reforming the Tax Code

Political Economy 101: Reforming the Tax Code

Almost two weeks ago – on November 10, to be exact, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles released a draft of what they believe is the best way to start fixing America’s Number One Problem: burgeoning – and already huge — ...Read more

President Obama’s Ten Days in Asia: What’s the Real Message?

President Obama’s Ten Days in Asia: What’s the Real Message?

President Obama just returned from a ten-day tour of Asia.  The tour was set up well in advance of midterm election results, and the timing must have been dictated in part by the G20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea, and ...Read more

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