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Evaluating Donald Trump’s Economic Record

How good or bad was the economy before the pandemic hit?

Oct 27, 2020

Evaluating Donald Trump’s Economic Record

Oct 27, 2020

Don’t fall for disingenuous opposition to wealth taxes

Most “concerns” are really about protecting the status quo

Oct 3, 2019

Don’t fall for disingenuous opposition to wealth taxes

Oct 3, 2019

The Bottomless Bad Faith of Conservative “Debt Hawks”

A handful of conservative economists and senior fellows from the Hoover Institute have written an opinion piece in the Washington Post…

Mar 29, 2018

The Bottomless Bad Faith of Conservative “Debt Hawks”

Mar 29, 2018

The Parable of the “Bush Tax Cuts”

Illustrated with Parks and Recreation gifs.

Aug 8, 2017

The Parable of the “Bush Tax Cuts”

Aug 8, 2017

Let’s not turn the Democratic primary into an epic struggle between good and evil.

Clinton and Sanders have real policy differences, but they are differences of scale, not of direction or kind.

Feb 15, 2016

Let’s not turn the Democratic primary into an epic struggle between good and evil.

Feb 15, 2016

The four policy reasons why I support Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Primary.

Subtext: Why I think you should too.

Jan 21, 2016

The four policy reasons why I support Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Primary.

Jan 21, 2016

No, a flat tax cannot be both revenue & distributionally-neutral.

I got into an extended twitter discussion today with economist Dr. Aaron Hedlund about whether or not it was possible to have a flat tax…

Jan 7, 2016

No, a flat tax cannot be both revenue & distributionally-neutral.

Jan 7, 2016

Michael Linden

Michael Linden

Budget and econ wonk. Pittsburgh native. Father of three. Aspiring to be Leslie Knope (would settle for Ben Wyatt). Personal account. Opinions my own.

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