The Kansas Experiment is Over. Kansas Lost
Every year, right after the April 15 tax deadline, the U.S. Census releases its data on the prior year’s state tax collections. It is...
We Know What’s the Matter With Kansas
@TBPInvictus When pushing his tax cuts for Kansas in July 2012, Governor Sam Brownback wrote: “Our new pro-growth tax policy will be...
Jobless in Seattle? Not Yet, Anyway. Part 2
@TBPInvictus On Wednesday, I threw in my $0.02 about the controversy surrounding the increase in Seattle’s minimum wage. Unlike any...
Jobless in Seattle? Not Yet, Anyway.
@TBPInvictus Barry wrote yesterday about how political bias can corrupt economic analysis. It’s something he and I discuss all the...
Don’t Let Bias Corrupt Your Analysis
Those of you who over the many years have followed some of the thoughts and observations I jot down each morning may have noticed several...
More Economic & Legal Details on Indiana’s RFRA Law
This morning, I described the potential economic cost of the backlash Indiana’s RFRA law. There was some pushback, but emailers...
Gay Discrimination Is A Billion Dollar Self-Indulgence
By now, you have surely heard about Indiana’s so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act and its potential for giving cover to those...
Indiana’s SB-01– Is Not Pro Religion, Its Anti-Gay
Governor Mike Pence is lying about the purpose of this law. The photo below, and who the governor invited to its being signed into law,...
Interest Rates Aren’t Going Anywhere . . .
Source: BAML, Fiscal Times I have been fairly agnostic on several issues related to where interest rates are heading. It...
More Long Bonds Now!
Every once in a while, there is a way to resolve a host of problems that is so obvious it gets overlooked. With that in mind, and in...