Trump combines an anti-statism plus anti-democratic threats. The more moderate GOP candidates just include anti-state threats. Nikki Haley wants a 5 year term limit of federal employees. @crampell.bsky.socialwww.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Hi all. Who is attending the AEA/ASSA meetings in person next week?

Indian vs. Chinese international student enrollment at US colleges/universities. What accounts for the rise in Indian student enrollment? Related to changes to STEM OPT program? www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

"Take Trump at his word when he threatens to punish his enemies" I'm using my subscription to gift the latest article by the excellent @crampell.bsky.social@crampell.bsky.socialwapo.st/47smwrt

Opinion | Take Trump at his word when he threatens to punish his enemies

As president, Trump says he would use government powers to attack individuals, groups and businesses that cross him.

House Rs just pulled their Financial Services bill because they don't have the votes (just like transpo/housing). The bill includes: - Cuts to consumer product safety - Cuts to small business aid - Cuts to financial crimes enforcement And of course: cuts to tax enforcement for rich people.

Among the more significant changes: a new default estimate of the discount rate of 2%, down from the default estimate of 3% in the prior (20-year-old) version of Circular A-4.

OMB finalized updates to Circular A-4, agency guidance doc for economic analyses of regulations. Includes consideration of benefits that occur in future or outside the US; equity concerns related to the distribution of regulatory impacts; behavioral econ issues. www.whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing...

Biden-Harris Administration Releases Final Guidance to Improve Regulatory Analysis | OMB | The White...

Today, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is issuing revisions to Circular A-4, the government-wide guidance on regulatory analysis. These revisions will help ensure that agencies...

all three of the experts testifying in today's Senate Budget Committee hearing about tax enforcement -- including the GOP side's own chosen expert witness -- agree that cutting IRS enforcement money will *increase deficits* www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/fai...

Fairness and Fiscal Responsibility: Cracking Down on Wealthy Tax Cheats | U.S. Senate Committee On T...

The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

A doozy of a reported opinion piece by @crampell.bsky.socialwww.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | A child-care center lost its funding. Here’s what happened next.

When one Wisconsin daycare lost its funding, the effects cascaded to a working parent with kids there and to her employer, too.

US Treasury to slow pace of longer-dated debt issuance www.ft.com/content/30ca...

US Treasury to slow pace of longer-dated debt issuance

Borrowing plans announced over summer helped push government bond yields to multiyear highs