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Keeping the money

Tom Brosz — 2/4/2004 7:10:23 AM (archived)

Assuming this graph is accurate--a big if--very roughly speaking, the area between those two curves is the amount of money kept in the private sector over that time period. It's quite a bit. Not one of these "economists" factors this into their calculations at all, unless I missed something.

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• Tax Revenues and the Housing Bubble - Greg - 2/1/2004 2:45:03 PM
  • Glass houses. - RobVG - 2/2/2004 5:40:38 AM
    • re: Glass houses. - Greg - 2/2/2004 7:29:17 AM
      • re: Glass houses. - RobVG - 2/2/2004 11:51:42 PM
        • re: Glass houses. - Greg - 2/3/2004 10:43:06 AM
          • Oh, by the way - Tom Brosz - 2/4/2004 7:25:43 AM
            • Good isn't it - Greg - 2/4/2004 7:40:14 AM
          • Keeping the money - Tom Brosz - 2/4/2004 7:10:23 AM
            • you mean loaned to the private sector - Greg - 2/4/2004 7:52:19 AM
              • re: the private sector - Tom Brosz - 2/4/2004 8:59:06 PM
                • re: the private sector - Greg - 2/5/2004 3:43:12 AM
                  • Multipliers and "trickle up. - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2004 4:33:26 AM
                    • trickle up, trickle down, just don't get trickled on - Greg - 2/5/2004 5:10:08 AM
                      • re: trickle up, trickle down, just don't get trickled on - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2004 5:14:57 AM
                        • re: trickle up, trickle down, just don't get trickled on - Greg - 2/5/2004 10:13:01 AM
  • re: Citizens getting to keep a bit more of their own money - Tom Brosz - 2/1/2004 9:08:56 PM
    • nothing to do with it as usual - Greg - 2/2/2004 7:31:15 AM
      • I'm saying that the ground rules are flawed. If you think that's irrelevant, fine. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/2/2004 6:02:28 PM
        • maybe they are - Greg - 2/3/2004 10:51:32 AM
  • Once again economics based on the government getting everything first - ebnelson - 2/1/2004 3:16:04 PM