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Sid Eschenbach : Why Obama Took the Deal
Cartoon from Huffington Post.The myth about jobs and taxes,and why Obama took the deal By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / December 14, 2010 With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these … Continue reading
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Sid Eschenbach: Myth-Busting for Dummies
An Idiot’s Guide to Myth-BustingBy Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / April 19, 2009 All things come to an end, and this deep recession will not be the exception no matter what policy roads are taken. However, the speed … Continue reading
Eschenbach: The Root Cause of the Economic Crisis: Selfishness Was In, Selflessness Was Out
The Death of Voodoo EconomicsBy Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / March 12, 2009 While it’s interesting, almost unavoidable and improbably instructive to play a ‘blame game’ regarding who is responsible for our collective demise, my own view is … Continue reading
Eschenbach: On Letting Go of Religion, Part II
The Case for Intolerance of Religion, Part IIBy Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / December 5, 2008 The Ecumenical Experiment Our tolerance of religion simply prolongs the agony of an ethical system in crisis and conflict. “Ecumenicalism”, the noted … Continue reading
Eschenbach: On Letting Go of Religion, Part I
The Case for Intolerance of Religion, Part IBy Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / December 4, 2008 It has been said that “God did not create man; man created God”. The case for this argument is clearer with each … Continue reading
Eschenbach: Solving the Subprime Crisis
Treating the disease, not the symptoms: a comparison of proposed solutions to the problems resulting from the bursting of the housing bubble.By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2008 There have been a variety of proposals for … Continue reading
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‘Raising Taxes Kills Jobs’orWhy Obama Accepted the Extension of the Bush Tax Cuts By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / December 14, 2010 “With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical … Continue reading
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Sid Eschenbach The Myth that “Raising Taxes Kills Jobs”orGNP = CS + BI + GS + TE With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical priorities. While there are other items that … Continue reading
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Haiti : Why Voodoo Won’t Do
Above, the National Palace in Puerto Principe. Photo from EPA / Zumapress.com. Below, destroyed housing in Port-au-Prince. Photo by Logan Abassi / Getty Images.Why Voodoo won’t do:Haiti and the superstructure of failure By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Who Owns Congress? (Hint : Wall Street)
And where’s the outrage?Wall Street owns Congress By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / October 11, 2009 See ‘On the government’s owners’ by Glenn Greenwald, Below. A few years ago, Bill Bennett wrote a book entitled The Death of … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Congress, Finance, Lobbyists, U.S. Government, Wall Street
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