Analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Individuals
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is a sweeping tax overhaul that is set to enact dramatic changes to individuals on every part of the societal scale in the United States. Much has […]
Why is GDP Growing Slower?
In my last post, I brought up the idea that Tax Policy should not be measured in terms of GDP, and that GDP is, broadly speaking, in a prolonged period of slowing growth. Today, I […]
Fiscal Policy Part 1: Do Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves?
The economic news of the day is centered on the Republicans’ tax reform bills becoming law, and what their effects will be. Rather than debate over political lines about the pros and cons of this […]
On Interest Rates, Inflation, and the Business Cycle
If you have read the first few posts on this blog, you have surely noticed that I talk about interest rates a lot, and inflation only a little. If you know nothing about rate structures, […]
Brexit Bonanza
On June 23, 2016, 51.9% of the voting citizens of the U.K. voted to leave the European Union. This post will go over the economic context of the UK in and out of the EU, […]
What’s going on with Bitcoin?
When I sat down to write another blog post this morning, I had high hopes for what the topic would be. I wanted to write about something big. Something like the Keynesian economic system, since […]
The Case for the American Sovereign Wealth Fund
We’ve seen it many times. The natural disasters, the foreign entanglements, the income inequality. All reasons for people to want the government to spend more money, yet nobody wants the government to actually spend any […]
