So what’s so bad about the “fiscal cliff”? Well, it depends on your bent. If you’re all about tax fairness, and you’re focused on

Just a year ago top Democrats were set to give a little on Social Security and Medicare. Today, however—emboldened by President Obama’s victory—they’re singing

As I’ve expressed herein ad nauseam, loss is an all-important economic concept. Loss teaches the losers, and the observers, how not to do things.

I’m reading a lot of commentary these days about how “conservatives” need to wake up, to abandon their “radical”, “rancid”, “divisive”—and a host of

Letter to the team at Fidelity Viewpoints In your recent article Stimulus vs. austerity: Getting it just right you state the following: “We looked

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When I suggest that the answer to getting this economy moving would be a tax-neutral plan where rates are lowered and loopholes and deductions

John votes yes on California Proposition 30—he’s the superintendent of his local school district. Jane lobbied for the Affordable Care Act—she’s the CEO of

Jared Bernstein, debating the liberals’ tax case with a conservative opponent (missed his name) on CNBC this morning, said it all. I paraphrase; we

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