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Grading the Fiscal Cliff Deal

The deal raises tax rates on entrepreneurs, investors, small business owners, and other “rich” taxpayers, and postpones the sequester budget cuts. Cato scholar Daniel J. Mitchell comments, "This deal is not good for the economy. It doesn’t do anything to cap the burden of government spending. It doesn’t reform entitlement programs. ...This is sort of like a late Christmas present, but we must have been naughty all year long and... Читать дальше...

Should U.S. Fiscal Policy Address Slow Growth or the Debt?

The United States faces two economic challenges: slow growth and an ever-increasing ratio of debt to GDP. Many policymakers believe they face a dilemma because the policy solutions to the two problems are opposite – lower taxes and/or Keynesian stimulus spending to spur growth only exacerbates the long-run fiscal imbalance. But in a new paper, Cato scholar Jeffrey A. Miron says that policymakers are wrong to see this as a dilemma. Читать дальше...

Snowflake Biathlon Race & Novice Race Hosted by Duluth Biathlon and Snowflake Nordic Ski Center Date: Sunday, January 6, 2013 Location: Snowflake Nordic, 4348 Rice Lake Road, Duluth (one mile north of the intersection of the Rice Lake and Arrowhead … Continue reading →

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