Bernie Sander's Economic Proposals Megathread
We've been getting a lot of submissions on the debate about how much Bernie Sanders' plans would cost, and we thought we'd try consolidating into one megapost to centralize discussion and avoid displacing other economics content. Thanks to u/geerussell for putting together this list.
Original Analysis and Responses
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Gerald Friedman's analysis of Sanders plan: What would Sanders do? Estimating the economic impact of Sanders programs
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CEA letter in response: An Open Letter from Past CEA Chairs to Senator Sanders and Professor Gerald Friedman
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NYTimes roundup of economists against Gerald Friedman's analysis
The high-growth debate, against:
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Krugman: Follow-on to CEA letter Worried wonks; What has the wonks worried; Wonkery has a well known liberal bias; Plausibility chart
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Delong: We Need to Hold the Line on Analytical Standards Here: Bernie Sanders Blogging
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Bernstein: I endorse...
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FEE: [why Bernie must raise middle class taxes] (http://fee.org/articles/why-bernie-sanders-has-to-raise-taxes-on-the-middle-class/)
Roundups:
The high-growth debate, in favor:
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Mason: Can Sanders do it?; Plausibility chart
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Konzcal: In Praise of the Wonk: Dissecting the CEA Letter and Sanders’s Other Proposals
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Kocherlakota: Faster Growth IS Possible - And It May Well Be Desirable; How Cheap Labor and Capital Suggest that Faster Growth is a Great Deal; Growth Begets Growth: Reflections on Total Factor Productivity; Thoughts on a Pro-Growth Policy Mix
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Klein: “Extreme” doesn’t mean what it used to, Sanders vs the CEA
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Galbraith: Open letter response to CEA
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Gerald Friedman responds to Krugman
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CEPR: NYT Invents Left-Leaning Economists to Attack Bernie Sanders
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Himmelstein and Woolhandler: Against Thorpe's analysis
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Mark Thoma: Here’s Why Bernie Sanders’ 5% Growth Plan Isn’t Crazy After All
Roundups
- FAIR on the "unicorn hunt"
- The Week on the response to Bernie's plan
- IBTimes on the response to Bernie's plan
- New Republic against the criticisms
- Dollars and Sense roundup
- Mother Jones in support of Gerald Friedman's Analysis
If you have anything you'd like added, feel free to post in comments or PM me and I'll get it up in the body here.
Posted Feb 21, 2016, 12:52 AM UTC · edited