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The Big Con, Indeed

Submitted by Dennis Lesko, Oct 30, 2007 10:48

"the notion that tax cuts can cause revenue to rise, though now embraced by every leading Republican politician, is rejected by even the most conservative economists."

Now I've read the likes of Mundell and Laffer, Friedman and Fedlstein, and Adam Smith for good measure. I've never heard of Jonathan Chait or James Surowieki before. They must be those "Voodoo Economists" I used to read about back in the 1980's and 1990's.


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