OPINION EDITORIALS -- Bruce Bartlett
 
 

Bruce Bartlett is a Senior Fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis. His twice-weekly column on economic policy is published in The Washington Times and Detroit News and is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate.

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December 29, 1999
A National Sales Tax Doesn't Add Up

December 27, 1999
Trade Deficit Reflects Strength Of U.S. Economy

December 22, 1999
Republican Candidates Debate Social Security

December 20, 1999
Low-Income Tax Cheaters

December 15, 1999 -- New York Post
Hazards of Increasing Cigarette Taxes

December 13, 1999 -- Special to the LA Times
Bush Must Convince Voters He Is Serious About Tax Cuts

December 13, 1999
Why Not Raise the Retirement Age?

December 8, 1999
Increasing Growth is the Reason to Cut Taxes

December 6, 1999
Antidumping Laws Are Another Form Of Protectionism

November 29, 1999
Forbes Is Right On Capital Gains

November 24, 1999
Trump Wants Canadian Style Health Care

November 22, 1999
To Tax Net or Not to Tax....

November 17, 1999
Anti-Inflationary Policies Helped Win Cold War

November 16, 1999 -- Special to the Wall Street Journal
Numbers Don't Add Up in Trump Wealth-Tax Plan

November 15, 1999
Sustaining New Era Economic Growth

November 14, 1999 -- Special to the LA Times
Give Numbers, Name Names on Tax Cuts

November 9, 1999
Will Government Lawyers Run (And Ruin) Microsoft?

November 8, 1999
The Political Consequences of Stock Ownership

November 3, 1999
Supply-Side Economics

November 1, 1999
Social Security Credit For Delayed Retirement To Increase

October 29, 1999
What Caused The '29 Crash And Great Depression?

October 27, 1999
Economics Prize Politics

October 25, 1999
Redefining Poverty

October 18, 1999
Most Income Taxes Paid By High Income Earners

October 13, 1999
New Economy? Or Inflationary Bubble?

October 11, 1999
How The Federal Reserve Creates Money

October 6, 1999
Arbitrary Budget Caps Led Republicans To Propose Tax Credit

October 4, 1999
Census Bureau's Squishy Income Distribution Numbers

September 29, 1999
Bauer's Tax Plan Is Misguided

September 27, 1999
Restricting Imports Would Raise Businesses' Costs

September 22, 1999
Times Reverses Course On Minimum Wage

September 20, 1999
Current Account Deficit Unrelated To Budget Surplus

September 15, 1999
Complications & Costs Of Taxing Internet Sales

September 13, 1999
Total Burden on Upper Income Taxpayers is Even Higher

September 8, 1999
How Stock Options Affect Corporate Profits

September 6, 1999
What Is Behind Increasing Income Inequality?

September 1, 1999
Candidates Criticize Keynesianism at the Federal Reserve

August 30, 1999
A Good Tax Bill Will Be Vetoed

August 25, 1999
In Politics, Ideas Matter More Than Money

August 23, 1999
Tax Bill Uses Obscure Adjustment to Index Capital Gains

August 18, 1999
Tax Slavery Day is Coming!

August 16, 1999
Taxes at Record Levels -- Even With a Tax Cut

August 11, 1999
Electoral Reform Could Increase Third Party Influence

August 9, 1999
The Economic Effects of Deficits and Surpluses

August 4, 1999
Left Promotes Living Wage Over Democrats' Objections

August 2, 1999
Distribution of Tax Burdens and Tax Cuts

July 28, 1999
Third Parties Can't Win In A Two-party System

July 26, 1999
Tax Cuts Are Often Reversed

July 21, 1999
25 Years Under The Budget Act

July 19, 1999
Liberals React To The Archer Tax Cut Plan

July 14, 1999
Tax Cuts Require Ground Work

July 12, 1999
A No Cost Capital Gains Tax Cut

July 5, 1999
Are Consumers Spending Too Much?

June 30, 1999
The Taxing Question Of Internet Sales

June 28, 1999
U.S. Death Tax High By International Standards

June 23, 1999
Canada's Brain Drain

June 21, 1999
Computer Technology And Productivity

June 16, 1999
The Flawed Idea of "Perfect Competition"

June 14, 1999
Reform Social Security Now or Raise Taxes Later

June 9, 1999
Reevaluate The International Monetary Fund

June 7, 1999
Cost Of Protectionism

June 2, 1999
Justice for Pearl Harbor Commanders

May 31, 1999
Women Receive Higher Pay -- And Pay A Higher Marriage Penalty

May 26, 1999
Is The Left Intellectually Dead?

May 24, 1999
Social Security Is A Bad Deal For Low-Income Workers

May 19, 1999
Mass Customization Is Improving Living Standards

May 17, 1999
Robert Rubin's Role In The Recovery

May 12, 1999
Britain Selling Gold

May 10, 1999
Report On Privatized Social Security In Galveston, Texas

May 5, 1999
Research Confirms Ill-Effects Of Minimum Wage Increases

May 3, 1999
The Invisible Welfare State

April 28, 1999
Foreign Corporations Aren't Freeloaders

April 26, 1999
States Are Raising Taxes Rapidly

April 21, 1999
Military Decline Puts U.S. In A Bind

April 19, 1999
New Evidence Shows Minimum Wage Hikes Increase Unemployment

April 12, 1999
Conflict Exposes Weaknesses In U.S. Defense

April 7, 1999
Economists Have Problems Measuring Intangibles

April 5, 1999
Are Stocks Overvalued?

March 31, 1999
Comparing Administrative Costs Of Pension Systems

March 29, 1999
Consumer Debt Rising

March 24, 1999
Trade Isn't The Culprit In Steel Industry's Problems

March 22, 1999
Cia Estimates of Soviet Growth Were Close

March 17, 1999
Britain and Germany are Cutting Taxes

March 15, 1999
Dynamic Scoring of Tax Cuts

March 10, 1999
Are Budget Surpluses Equivalent To Tax Cuts?

March 8, 1999
Steel Industry Faces Competition From Abroad

March 3, 1999
Clinton's Critics On The Left

March 1, 1999
Re-Learning Tax Cut Lessons

February 24, 1999
How Taxes Affect The Way We Live

February 22, 1999
Economy Benefits From Improved Private Sector Efficiency

February 17, 1999
Dubious Economic Statistics

February 15, 1999
A Tax Cut For Those Who Pay Income Taxes

February 10, 1999
Spending Spree And Tax Cuts May Lead To Budget Reform

February 8, 1999
Clinton's 2000 Budget Is A Phony

February 3, 1999
Clinton Calls For Eliminating Earnings Test

February 1, 1999
The Union Wage Premium Declines

January 27, 1999
Perils Of Trust Fund Investing

January 25, 1999
Clinton Is Proposing More Tax Gimmicks

January 20, 1999
Myth Of America's Declining Manufacturing Sector

January 19, 1999
Why Won't Clinton Cut Taxes?

January 18, 1999
Paying Down The National Debt

January 13, 1999
Support For A Tax Cut

January 11, 1999
Europe May Regret The Euro

January 6, 1999
Congress Should Guarantee Social Security Benefits

January 4, 1999
Management Compensation Encourages Corporate Performance


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