The Millennial Economist

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• Analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Individuals

  By Ian on December 22, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  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 been said about this giant… Read More ›

• Why is GDP Growing Slower?

  By Ian on December 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  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 want to take a closer… Read More ›

• Fiscal Policy Part 1: Do Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves?

  By Ian on December 3, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  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 particular piece of policy, I… Read More ›

• On Interest Rates, Inflation, and the Business Cycle

  By Ian on November 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  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, or wonder why I don’t… Read More ›

• Brexit Bonanza

  By Ian on November 14, 2017 • ( 2 )

  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, and will lay out my… Read More ›

• What’s going on with Bitcoin?

  By Ian on November 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  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 your Millennial Economist is a… Read More ›

• The Case for the American Sovereign Wealth Fund

  By Ian on October 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  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 more money! Spending more money… Read More ›

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