Excerpted from TPM Cafe
By Jared Bernstein - August 26, 2008, 11:11PM
Look for this obituary in tomorrow's paper:
Trickle-down economics died yesterday morning at 10AM. The cause of death was a data release from the US Census Bureau, but trickle-down had been ailing f
Excerpted from The Wall Street Journal
By Michael S. Derby
Trickle-down economics, a centerpiece of conservative economic thinking for many decades, failed to deliver its promise of distributing wealth across the economy, a new paper from Harvard
Exerpted from the New York Times
When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton famously replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” The same logic explains the call by John Edwards, the Democratic presidential candidate, for higher taxes on top earners to underwrite his pr
Excerpted from Fair Economy
By Mehrun Etebari
July 17, 2003
We've all heard the claims that cutting tax rates for the richest Americans will improve the standard of living for the working class. Supposedly, top-bracket tax breaks will result in more jobs being created, higher wag
Tom Varnau will be 80 in October. So far he has been a farmer, a soldier, a Roman Catholic priest, a vocational specialist, a therapist, a landlord, repairman… and now an activist? We had coffee with Tom recently to discuss his winning suggestion for May 2011, about the Union Busting Agenda. Tom participated in recent marches in Indianapolis to protest what he sees as unfair legislati
