End This Depression Now! – A Lecture by Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman gave a talk recently at the Economic Policy Institute about his new (and quite readable) book, End This Depression Now!  This video provides a really good introduction to the concepts presented in the book and is well worth the 45 minutes you invest in watching it.

[...]

Optimal Inheritance Tax Rates: Conservative Heads Exploding Edition

Barnabas Collins Is Displeased With The Optimal Tax Rates!

When you hear conservatives talk about inheritance taxes, they invariably refer to them as “death” taxes.  And like any tax, they want to eliminate this one too.  Never mind that labeling it a “death” tax is, of course, absurd on its face.  It’s not a tax on death, [...]

Adam Smith on the Buffett Rule

From The Wealth of Nations:

The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their little revenue is spent in getting it. The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal expense of the rich, and a magnificent house embellishes and [...]

War on Women

Is it real? You judge for yourself when you have politicians like this:

At least Kathleen Falk is addressing this important issue:

Marking Fair Pay Day

Today marks Equal Pay Day in America, symbolizing the average time in a year a woman has to work in 2012 to earn what the average man earned in 2011. To mark the day, elected officials on the state and national level have issued a bevy of statements.

First up is a statement from the [...]

A Shamefully Low Minimum Wage

The Communists at Bloomberg News call for a Revolution hike in the minimum wage.

Here’s an unhappy observation about the minimum wage: Congress last increased the rate in stages in 2006, topping it out at $7.25 an hour in 2009, or $15,080 a year.

That amount, when adjusted for inflation, is actually lower than what a [...]

Opposition to Brookfield, Wisconsin mosque clearly not about traffic concerns

Back in March I wrote about some Waukesha County residents’ opposition to a proposed Brookfield, Wisconsin mosque and my concerns over misinformation and fear-mongering. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt and not jump to hasty conclusions, but that’s not easy to do when they say things that make it nearly impossible. My hope [...]

Ye Olde 99 Percent

Class Warfare circa 1765

Disapproval of the extreme wealth of the few during an economic downturn was made clear in a 1765 letter to the editor of theNew–York Gazette. The letter is primarily about the worsening relations with the “Mother Country,” England. However, the writer also expresses dissatisfaction with affairs in New York in a [...]

Mom Romney

The latest case of Fake outrage on the right(and there are many) comes from some obscure political pundit named Hilary Rosen who (probably) correctly said Ann Romney “has never worked a day in her life”. yes that sound was the collective grumble of the right appalled that anyone would say such a thing.

We [...]

ELECT MORE DEMOCRATIC WOMEN!

From our friends at Emerge Wisconsin:

Emerge Wisconsin is proud to host Emerge Kentucky Founder and Author of “Pink Politics” Kathy Groob.

“Pink Politics” is a practical guide just for women running for or even thinking about running for office.

Join us on Wednesday, April 25th 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

The Wicked Hop’s [...]