Well it doesn't really affects my main point but these: https://www.treasury.gov/open/Documents/USA FFSR progress report to G20 2014 Final.pdf...
Using tax to correct for negative externalities is a pretty common practice. For instance you could implement a tax on carbon mixed in with a...
'sites' lol. I'm posting stuff based upon economics research papers. Not some crude index set up by us weekly. There's a big difference. The main...
If it was simply a well targeted infrastructure program with tax rises or other spending cuts to not blow a whole in the deficit while there's...
Liberal arts majors that over a lifetime earn far more than comparable people who didn't go to college. How awful.
A crude measure such as the stem index is not particularly useful. The general consensus is that there is shortage in some areas, not others and...
It's almost as though people using less gas may have other benefits.
I don't think even people genuingely pushing vulgar Keynesianism are really pushing for an economy that isn't market based. But this is just all...
Well Keynes was an ardent capitalist, so there's room for a whole lot of Keynes. Most people's conception of Keynes seem to run antithetically to...
I don't know why we really care about Keynes anymore. Yes he was a giant in the field of economics and has influenced it hugely. But why not look...
Ah yes, more flexible labor laws, cutting spending, cutting corporation tax. Such cornerstones of communist policy.
I simply don't have time to respond adequately (or the will...), for which I apologise. But anyway it seems we're going round in circles and we...
It takes about 2 minutes to google and see the actual data, there's nothing to debate here. Italy (this is per woman, so 2 is required to maintain...
You think the price for a car with the same materials, expertise and so on would be the same if produced by labour that costs 3 times as much in...
OK so labor costs don't really matter. Hold on, they DO matter. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Extreme poverty has halved in the past 20 years, so nope.
Why do you keep shifting? What is bad about cheap good for US consumers? Why do you want the government to raise prices for US consumers by...
Let's not pretend Scandinavian Social Democracies are Socialist. There is plenty of private enterprise happening in Norway or Denmark or [insert...
So China doesn't have an advantage due to cheap labor? Why does China make so many goods now then, why does a customer prefer a Chinese good?...
You can see my comment further up. If countries want to tax imports then so be it, their consumers get more expensive goods and are less able to...
No I would argue for 0 tariffs, and no protectionism. But at least you accept you think protectionism is good.
This is not a standard definition of protectionism. He wants higher barriers of entry to goods that he perceives are undercutting american goods....
My assumption is the stats that analyse tax revenue and government expenditure show that migration post-2000 has so far been a net contributor to...
Catholics in Spain and Italy have low birthrates. The idea that all Catholics are 'fast breeders' does not hold up in the face of reality.
I think so yes. Especially when considering the amount the state already spends on pensions, healthcare, social care and this is only going to...
People and discussion in real life. I have yet to find anywhere online that provides reasonable discussion, or isn't a total echochamber. Often...
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