Opinion | There Is Only One Way to Fix the National Budget
The government can’t rein in its deficits without raising taxes — and not just on the rich.
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The government can’t rein in its deficits without raising taxes — and not just on the rich.
Structural inflation is very different from what the economy has experienced lately. It overrides the market mechanism. A classic example: rising college costs.
Fresno State and U.C. Merced enjoyed some of the biggest increases in the standings.
NY Times reporter Alan Blinder says Saudi Arabia poured hundreds of millions into a pro golf circuit to rival the PGA. The two sides recently announced a joint venture, raising anti-trust issues.
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Alan Blinder notes the ambiguities in Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s recent address in Jackson Hole: [Powell] can’t give…