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...some extent—fitting. Levitt’s book probes a cornucopia of freakish everyday anomalies. Doesn’t it freak you out that eight percent of men on dating websites are married? It’s also pretty freaky that when the U.S. tax code began to require Social Security numbers for listed dependents, seven million American children “disappeared.” Who knew that such fun and interesting questions could be solved through incredibly difficult multiple regressions? Or, for that matter, that an economist could write an easy-to-read book with such...
...devote $380 million to a research facility and grants. In Wisconsin, where in 1998 James Thomson became the first scientist to cultivate human embryonic stem cells, Governor Jim Doyle wants $375 million for an institute. And Illinois is considering a "nip and tuck" law that would impose a 6% tax on elective medical procedures like plastic surgery to fund a stem-cell center...
During his tenure, he broke party ranks and advocated temporary tax hikes to reduce the deficit, a move that drew ire from Republicans and later prompted Reagan to hint that he might abolish...
Winner of the John Bates Clark Medal of the American Economic Association in 1977—which, along with the Nobel Prize, is considered the most prestigious award in economics—he is most famous for his research on taxes and government spending and the way in which policy influences consumer behavior. His name frequently appears on the op-ed pages of major publications, and many say he is a driving force in persuading the public to back President Bush’s tax cuts...
Feldstein says he thinks President Bush has done “very well” in general with the American economy, pointing to his handling of the recession, tax reforms, and trade policy as positive steps for the U.S. economy...