The Bush Economy
Today’s Krugman goodness… Op-Ed Column and Blog.
From the blog, a graph comparing the ‘expansion’ during Bush to other post-WWII expansions. The only winner? More »
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More Krugman Goodness
The man is on a roll!
* “On the Bhutto assassination”:http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/its-not-about-you/
* “On The Effects of Trade”:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/opinion/28krugman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin [Plus: "Background":http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/a-bit-of-background-on-todays-column/]
If you aren’t reading him, why not?
What Boom?
Percentage gains in after-tax income from 2003 to 2005:
Bottom quintile: 2%
Next quintile: 2.4%
Middle quintile: 3.9%
Fourth quintile: 3.7%
Top quintile: 16%
Top 10%: 20.9%
Top 5%: 27.7%
Top More »
Krugman on the faux social security crisis
I, like most Americans (I suspect), followed the media and politician’s constant drum beat that Social Security was doomed. “Baby boomers are going More »
More on income gaps…
I mentioned “income gaps a couple weeks ago”:http://www.end-on-end.com/txp/2007/10/12/politico-links-o-the-day… and “Krugman has an astonishing quote in a recent interview with Mario Cuomo”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2201555,00.html.
bq.. Cuomo: I More »
