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An Interview With Bruce Bartlett

February 25, 2010 – 2:16 am

Bruce Bartlett is the author of The New American Economy. Bartlett himself submitted to an interview about his book, the transcript of which follows below.

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How the United States is Like Greece

February 15, 2010 – 10:05 am

There’s an ever-shifting balance between the goals of forcing society’s commitments to be borne more-or-less exclusively by those with high incomes, and the imperative of not destroying the economic incentives that produce income in the first place. The need to find this balance is a universal problem, not specific to 21st century America.

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Nancy Pelosi’s Big New Value Added Tax

October 7, 2009 – 8:54 am

Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast focuses on the rising price of gold and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s support in an interview with Charlie Rose for a new value added tax — because it will “even the playing field”? We don’t know what that means either.

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Will Obama Have to Raise Taxes? Tim Geithner Thinks He Will

August 3, 2009 – 8:24 am

Monday’s edition of Coffee & Markets concerns Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s appearance this weekend, where he wouldn’t rule out reversing President Obama’s promises on tax increases as part of an economic recovery strategy.

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The Potato Chip Defense Of Liberal Jurisprudence

June 4, 2009 – 2:14 am

The law has witnessed use of the Twinkie defense; behold now what might be termed Adam Cohen’s “potato chip defense” of liberal jurisprudence. I hate to say “I told you so,” when it comes to media coverage of Supreme Court nominations, jurisprudential issues and philosophies, and the personalities associated with the practice and adjudication of law. But I did.

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