Tag Archives: Megan McArdle

Where does the Laffer Curve bend?

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Thomas Sowell says that when tax rates are raised on high-income individuals, they respond to incentives by arranging their financial affairs differently to minimize those taxes. Folks, like blogger Megan McArdle, lecture/patronize opponents of tax increases that current marginal tax … Continue reading →

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A refreshing look at jobs

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

I much prefer Phil’s take (HT: Arnold Kling) on jobs to Megan McArdle’s. From Phil: The same technology that is eliminating jobs also connects us and empowers us in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. Maybe what’s becoming obsolete … Continue reading →

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Who moved my cheese?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

On her blog, Megan McArdle writes in post called, A Tentative Defense of Breaking Windows: The heart of the argument is this: prolonged unemployment is basically the worst economic event that can happen to a person in America.  Losing your … Continue reading →

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Pawlenty!?!?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

Some tidbits I’ve read and heard from your recent speech concern me.  Like this one (by way of  Megan McArdle’s blog): Let’s start with a big, positive goal. Let’s grow the economy by 5%, instead of the anemic 2% currently … Continue reading →

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What will health insurance look like on the new exchanges?

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

Here’s a reasonable guess from Megan McArdle: What people are expecting seems to be a very expensive form of insurance (no gatekeepers or restrictions) on the cheap.  What they’re going to get is cheap insurance that they will be forced … Continue reading →

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Megan Liked My Comment

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

Last week I posted a comment to this post about Starbucks putting quality over quality on Megan McArdle’s blog on The Atlantic’s website. Megan then posted my comment in her next blog post, writing that A reader offers this perspicacious … Continue reading →

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Of Course Not

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

Here’s a crystal clear observation from Megan McArdle and I love crystal clear observations. In this blog post of her’s, Megan writes about Harvard Econ professor Greg Mankiw’s New York Times column about his tax rates that, to use Professor … Continue reading →

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Megan McArdle is “Very Sorry”

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

In this blog post about Small Business and Income Tax, Megan McArdle explains that ‘we’ [presumably meaning the government] need to raise taxes: So I end up thinking that it [tax increases] will effect small business, that I’m very sorry … Continue reading →

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It Doesn’t Matter

Posted on August 22, 2010 by

There’s been a buzz in blogland lately about the Laffer Curve.  For those of you who don’t know, the Laffer Curve is napkin sketch made by economist Arthur Laffer that illustrates that there is a diminishing return to government revenue … Continue reading →

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Media Bias

Posted on August 19, 2010 by

Here’s an interesting real story of media bias from David Henderson of EconLog.  Thanks to Megan McArdle for the link. The issue:  Mainstream media typically attaches ideological labels to conservative sources, but not to liberal sources. David Henderson wrote about … Continue reading →

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