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Supply Side Economics

To "Americans for Prosperity" Capitalism Is a Love Story

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Phillips, C-Span, David Koch, President Obama, It's a Wonderful Life, Ann Coulter, Enron, Frank Capra, Koch Industries, Newt Gingrich, Capitalism, Tsa, Savings and Loan Scandal, The 2016 Olympic Games, Henry Clay Frick, Cnbc, Tyco, Free Market Fundamentalism, Americans for Prosperity, Laura Ingraham, Worldcom, Afp, Larry Kudlow, Supply-Side Economics, Knights of Labor, National Defending the American Dream Summit, Megan McCain, Long-Term Capital Management, John Birch Society, Pinkertons, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The only distinguishing feature of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "National Defending the American Dream Summit" was its astonishing homogeneity both in thought and in demography.

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The Lagging Indicator

Mike Lux | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Trickle-Down Economics, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Economics, Financial Reform, Supply-Side Economics, George W. Bush, Financial Crisis, 2009 Obama Administration, Business News
Mike Lux

The fights for financial regulation is symbolized by a phrase that the President and his economic advisors repeat too often, indicative of a much deeper problem in their thinking.

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New Economic Data Shows that Right Wing Economic Theory Is Simply Wrong.

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gross Domestic Product, Private Sector Job Creation, Job Creation, Obama Health Care Plan, Public Sector Job Creation, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Supply Side Economics, Economic Crisis, Obama Economic Stimulous, Economic Stimulous Package, Right Wing Economic Thought, Conservative Economic Orthodoxy, Bush Tax Cuts, Economy, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The Republicans and the Right Wing establishment will continue to ignore reality, to repeat their slogans, to pander to fear, and stand up for wealthy special interests. But history has rendered its verdict.

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This is the Second Supply-Side Disaster: The First One Was 1990

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 07.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Clinton, Economics, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Supply-Side Economics, Republicans, Market Collapse, Bank Bailout, Business News
Andrew Reinbach

It's now almost impossible to defend supply-side's deep tax cuts and minimal regulation, the result being that Republicans are without much belief system.

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Can Reagan Save the Golden State (from the GOP?)

Bennet Kelley | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Budget Crisis, Ronald Reagan Legacy, Supply-Side Economics, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronald Reagan, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

What today's Republicans ignore is that while Reagan talked the conservative talk, he governed as a pragmatist.

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Ray Ban Republicans and the Politics of Denial

Bennet Kelley | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reagan Tax Cuts, Gop Stimulus, California, Federal Budget Deficit, New Deal, George W. Bush, Supply-Side Economics, President Obama, Tax Cuts, Denialism, Fdr, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

If the Republicans are going to ever regain political supremacy, they are going to have to take off their sunglasses and recognize the wreckage they have caused.

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Momonomics 102: The Wile-E Coyote Bailout

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Bailout, Mccain, Economy, Paulson, Bernanke, Supply Side Economics, Wile-E Coyote, Election 2008, Taxpayers, The Fed, Momonomics, 700 Billion, 100 Days, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Robyn O'Brien

How does that impact a family in Houston or a farmer in Iowa? It means that it is going to become harder to borrow money since the banks don't want to make loans.

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Who's Your Economic Daddy?

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 09.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Keynesian Economics, Robert Rubin, John McCain Economic Policy, Joseph Schumpeter, Economic Policy, Economy, Supply-Side Economics, Obama Economic Policy, Innovation, Technology, Rubinomics, R&D, Business News
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.

Virtually all policy makers involved in economic policy subscribe to a particular economic doctrine, even if they may not be aware of which "camp" they are in.

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