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Roles of the President’s White House economic advisors (updated)
This is a minor update of a post I wrote six weeks ago when Dr. Christina Romer's departure was announced. I have updated this version to reflect the recent announcement of Dr. Larry Summers' departure at the end of this year
President Obama vs. the Christie Principle of Shared Sacrifice
I'll label this the Christie Principle of Shared Sacrifice: At all times, and especially during a difficult economy, it is unfair for those who run government, and those who receive paychecks from government, to exempt themselves from the difficult financial decisions that other private citizens are required to make.
Retracting one of my CBO health care posts
I retract the "CBO failure" argument which was in fact incorrect, regret going so far as to ascribe ill intent when I couldn't prove it, and feel stupid for having missed table 2 in the March 20th letter to the Speaker. I'll bonk CBO hard when they screw up, as I have done to OMB on occasion. This time, they didn't. I did.
“I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you!”
Nine years ago today President Bush visited Ground Zero in New York City. One lasting image is of the President, standing on a pile of rubble with his hand on the shoulder of a firefighter named Bob Beckwith, talking to the rescue workers with a bullhorn.