Friday, August 26, 2011

A Different View of State Employment Performance

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In light of the recently released Goldman Sachs study on comparative state performance during the recession (h/t Michael Leachman; no link...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Texas Unemployment Worsening Relative to National Average

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Michael Leachman at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has a new post up today on why some state economies have weathered the re...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Texas Employment: When Do Conservatives Consider Illegal Immigration a “Good Problem to Have”?

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A commenter on my Massachusetts article says I could have saved myself “a decent amount of time and embarrassment” by relying on data from...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

“The Top 1% Pays...” and Other Tax Myths

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You often read claims along the lines of “The top 1% of taxpayers pays 38% of all income taxes.” The implication, of course, is that the p...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Massachusetts Miracle

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With Rick Perry's entrance into the Republican Presidential race, there has already been a lot of debunking of the so-called Texas Mir...
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Friday, August 12, 2011

Chess Break

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I'm playing  in a chess tournament this weekend, so I won't have any new posts until it's over. I will be checking in to moderat...

Ireland's Recent Success Not Built on Low Taxes

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As we survey the wreckage of the Irish economy ( 14.3% unemployment rate in July , average July interest rate of 12.45% vs. Germany's ...