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ACA Market Distortions May Not Allow Cancelled Policies To Be Reissued

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It may not be possible for 5,000,000 people to get their insurance back. Over 5,000,000 people have lost their existing health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Even though they liked their health insurance, they were not able to keep it. These people then experienced significant sticker shock when they went to purchase health coverage …

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Debt

Why The Fed’s Monetary Policy is Failing

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“There are studies that indicate that economic growth slows when public and private debt exceeds 260% to 275% of GDP. The U.S. hit the 260% level in 2000.” A recent paper by Hoisington Investment Management Company (available here) does an excellent job describing why the Federal Reserve is, and will continue to be, unsuccessful in …

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tax

Offshore Corporate Tax Havens Shift Burden to Individual Tax Payers

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“…tax haven abusers force other Americans to shoulder their tax burden.” U.S. PIRG, an organization I don’t generally have much in common with, published an interesting and informative report on offshore corporate tax havens. While I don’t necessarily agree with the causes of the problem the author suggests, I agree with the effects. From U.S. …

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Obamacare

A Busload of Silicon Valley Programmers: The Senator John McCain Solution to Obamacare

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Is the private sector the solution to a public sector problem? I haven’t been blogging much lately. This is primarily due to the overall heightened state of daily outrage I’ve been walking around in for about the last year and a half. A friend told me this morning that this is a privilege reserved for …

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Obamacare

What Might “Obamacare” and the Healthcare Industry Look Like in 2038?

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“Regardless of government healthcare mandates or other regulatory policies, market forces are always at work…Obamacare is a bad idea that may only get worse.” By Holly A. Bell Regardless of government healthcare mandates or other regulatory policies, market forces are always at work and will mold the healthcare market to adjust to the new regulatory …

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Alaska

The Time May Be Right To End The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend

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The Dividend is a Redistribution Policy The Alaska Permanent Fund was established in 1976 as an investment that would allow for the continuation of funding of Alaska’s essential services once the Alaskan oil resources had been exhausted. While a portion of the income from the Fund comes from oil revenue (about 11% of total oil …

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microeconomics

Krugman Needs To Consider Microeconomic Factors Before Claiming “No Trickle”

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Paul Krugman published an article today that consisted of 3 sentences and a chart entitled “No Trickle” that he presents as evidence that company profits do not trickle down to employees. However, he fails to examine the potential microeconomic reasons for the short-term data he presents. The chart he references is the following (pardon the …

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Oil

Oil exec warns taxes could sink US energy rebirth

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  Oil exec warns taxes could sink US energy rebirth (via AFP) A top US oil industry figure warned Tuesday that the country’s energy renaissance could be threatened by “punitive” tax policies on oil and gas exploration. With the US government looking to remove tax breaks for big oil firms to help boost government revenues, …

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