Economists often do a crummy job of teaching people about the impact of fiscal policy on the labor force, largely because we put people to sleep with boring discussions about “labor supply” decisions (my blog post from last year perhaps being an example of this tendency). From now on, I will try to remember to [...]
Archive for April 18th, 2011
This Cartoon Is Very Funny, but also Does a Great Job of Teaching Economics
Posted in Big Government, Economics, Fiscal Policy, Humor, Obama, Political Humor, Redistribution, Unemployment, Welfare, tagged Economics, Handouts, Humor, Income redistribution, Political Humor, Welfare on April 18, 2011 | 23 Comments »
America’s Awful Tax System
Posted in Big Government, Corruption, Fiscal Policy, IRS, Supply-side economics, Tax Compliance, Tax Reform, Taxation, tagged Corruption, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Tax complexity, Tax Compliance, Taxation on April 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Happy Tax Day! Or, if you’re like me, happy tax extension filing day. In the past couple of days, I’ve posted about the benefits of a better tax system and the unfairness of the current system. Those were compelling posts, at least I hope. But now let’s tie these themes together. Art Laffer has a [...]