Bernie Sanders currently stands apart among Democratic presidential primary candidates. His lead is increasing, according to FiveThirtyEight and other polling aggregators, as we head towards…
Posts tagged as “Paul Krugman”
With Bernie Sanders leading the Democratic presidential nomination race according to polls (and the first primary), there’s a set of questions voters should be asking:…
You should listen to Conversations with Tyler, featuring economist Tyler Cowen of The Mercatus Center at George Mason University interviewing a wide range of people. Yes,…
Minimum wage debates tend to overstate the estimated and real effects of any changes to the minimum wage in the United States. Most studies show…
One of the more popular (or infamous) posts here on Almost Classical is “The 90% Tax Rate Myth.” It explores the differences between marginal and…
Economists agree on more than they disagree. This might seem like an exaggeration, since the debates on policy are so heated. But policy debates are…