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Great Expectations But Also a Golden Opportunity

Nov 11, 2008
It was just a few days ago (Nov. 6th) that I titled my post “Great Expectations”–beating The Economist magazine to it! (That’s the cover of the current issue, pictured above.) The point of my Great Expectations post was that...

How Deficit Spending Can Be Fiscally Responsible

Oct 18, 2008
I’ve written so much on this topic over the past few weeks, but I’ll say it again: fiscal responsibility is a much broader concept than having a goal of a balanced budget.

CBO Explains Why It's Hard to Know How Much Taxpayers Will Pay

Sep 25, 2008
Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) director, Peter Orszag, testified before the House Budget Committee on the “Federal Responses to Market Turmoil,” focusing on the Treasury proposal for a $700 billion rescue plan.

Would You Work Harder If You Were Paid Less?

Jul 29, 2008
Yesterday’s Washington Post contained an interesting “Department of Human Behavior” column by Shankar Vedantam, called “When Play Becomes Work.”

EconomistMom Says You Gotta Go See This Movie!

Nov 30, 1999
I have mentioned the movie I.O.U.S.A. before here on this blog, starting with my “about” page in discussing the new and improved (almost totally hip?) Concord Coalition, and then again in mid-June when the movie was shown at a DC-area film...

You Think America's Fiscal Gap Is Bad?

Nov 19, 2009
On e21, Donald Marron writes about a recent IMF analysis that compares the budget deficits of 22 advanced countries.  Donald explains how the U.S.’s budget outlook might look quite grim, but we’re still not as badly off as Japan, the U.K., Ireland,...

Lucking into Consumer Surplus in NYC Today

Nov 18, 2009
I’m in New York City today for the Concord Coalition’s annual fundraising dinner that’s tonight.  When I come to NYC I come fully prepared to face higher prices than I normally have to pay back in the DC area.  But I’m “lucking” into collecting a lot...

What Happened to the Fiscal Courage of 1993?

Nov 16, 2009
CQ’s Richard Rubin writes in this week’s CQ magazine (as part of the cover story on “Health Care’s Taxing Questions”–here’s link to a LexisNexis reprint) that the current Congress has little experience surviving voting for tax increases, because so few...

Joe Biden (SNL Version) on the Economy and Health Care Reform

Nov 15, 2009
Saturday Night Live’s Jason Sudeikis is hilarious as VP Joe Biden, taking over for President Obama in the Oval Office while the President’s out of the country, talking about “just” three issues: Afghanistan, the economy, and health care reform. The...

On the "Political Economy" of Fiscal Policy

Nov 14, 2009
I’m just back from Denver, where in the opening session on “Dealing with the Fiscal Outlook” of the National Tax Association annual conference, I had been tasked with discussing the “political economy” of the problem.  I started by saying I didn’t...


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brian silcot...
9.8
excellent
  I do enjoy blogs who "speak with facts" and Economist Mom certainly fits this bill.
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Posted 8/31/09 3:08 PM


Brooks L.
9.7
excellent
  Outstanding blog. "Must read" information and commentary for anyone concerned about America's long-term fiscal imbalance...which should be everyone. EconomistMom cuts through all the political spin from partisans of both right and left, AND makes the relevant economic concepts understandable to non-economists.
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Posted 3/29/09 12:03 PM


colleen b.
9.8
excellent
  Fantastic blog, with sources cited and links to articles. Great analysis, but presented in lay terms. Good for the beginning and practicing Economoist.
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Posted 2/8/09 3:02 PM


Chris S.
1.6
poor
  Disappointing lack of economic rigor. If you're looking for a mom's scatterbrain thoughts on politics this is the blog for you. If you're looking for good economic analysis of economic issues, look elsewhere.
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Posted 10/27/08 2:10 PM