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Bruce Bartlett

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The Day That Richard Nixon Changed U.S. Economic Policy Forever

Fifty years ago, in response to rising inflation, he rejected several long-standing practices. His Keynesian turn holds lessons for today’s economy.

by Bruce Bartlett via The New Republic on July 9, 2021
Remembering the Father of Supply-Side Economics

Robert Mundell’s theories spawned decades of economic debate and still matter to the big ideas of today.

by Bruce Bartlett via The New Republic on April 7, 2021
The Western Origins of the “Southern Strategy”

The untold story of the ideological realignment that upended the nation.

by Bruce Bartlett via The New Republic on June 29, 2020
I Helped Create the GOP Tax Myth. Trump is Wrong: Tax Cuts Don’t Equal Growth.

The best growth in recent memory came after President Bill Clinton raised taxes in the ’90s.

by Bruce Bartlett via Washington Post on September 28, 2017

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The Supply-Side Swindle

For decades, the GOP has used tax cuts to achieve its political goals. So why do Dems keep treating "supply-side" as an economic strategy?

by Brent Cebul on November 17, 2017

How Did the GOP Become the Party of Ideas?

If Trump was the end of the “party of ideas,” the rise of Reagan was its start. But what were those “ideas” in the first place, and were they really as new as people said?

by Lawrence B. Glickman via Boston Review on December 9, 2020

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