Over at the WaPo: Crazy, I know, but let’s not do another big, wasteful, regressive tax cut. In a similar vein, tax expenditures–credits, exemptions, deductions–are how we spend through the tax code. It’s a pretty hot mess and it’s likely to get hotter in the age of Trump. Over at TAP. [While you’re over at… Read more
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Odds and Ends
–I continue to earnestly and ploddingly try to find the way back to Factville. Over at WaPo. –More on the seriously botched decision by a Texas judge to enjoin/block the new overtime rule that should have gone into effect a few days ago (Dec 1). Over at Vox. –Readers know my take on Trump’s Carrier… Read more
Another solid jobs report, but wage growth NOT pushing up price growth (so chill, Fed…)
Payrolls were up 178,000 last month and the unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low of 4.6 percent, in yet another installment of solid, monthly job reports. Wage growth was flat in November, manufacturing jobs are down, and the labor force contracted slightly, so the report was not uniformly positive. But the job market continues… Read more
Trump’s Carrier play is smart politics. But it’s not sustainable economics.
Over at WaPo. If there’s anyone who still thinks this Trump guy doesn’t have uniquely acute political instincts, this Carrier incident should finally disabuse you of that notion. OTOH, if you think this is a sustainable strategy to revitalize US manufacturing, I strongly disagree.
Yes, the Rust Belt demands an answer. But does anyone know what it is?
This WaPo piece by James Hohmann makes a strong point that one hears a good deal these days: the Hillary Clinton campaign failed to provide hope that her administration could bring good jobs back to key swing states like Ohio, while the Trump campaign succeeded in hammering that message home. The piece focuses on a… Read more