STEPHEN LEVY'S ECONOMY BLOG
California's Budget Deficit and Debt
First a couple of numbers.
After the spending reductions adopted in March and the additional income tax revenue that was reported in April, California now faces a structura... |
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on May 30, 2011 at 7:41 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Older Homeowners and Local Property Taxes
One of the main arguments in 1978 for passing Proposition 13 was that rising property taxes threatened older homeowners who were retired and living on a reduced income. While ... |
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on May 14, 2011 at 4:47 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Update on the Economy
I wish everyone a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving.
The Bottom Line
• The state and national economy are growing
• The economic recovery will be long and slow -- not wh... |
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on Mar 7, 2011 at 6:22 am by Dump the games, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Take the Deficit Reduction Quiz
The New York Times has a deficit reduction quiz based and a series of related articles on their homepage today.
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on Nov 24, 2010 at 9:02 am by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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California's Unemployment Insurance Debt
There was an article in the LA Times this morning that prompted a radio interview I just did on the state's growing unemployment insurance fund debt.
http://www.latimes.com... |
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on Nov 20, 2010 at 1:22 pm by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Do business executives make good governors or mayors?
Well, it depends. A business executive can have valuable organizational and managerial experience. Executives come from an environment where there is an emphasis on efficiency... |
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on Oct 24, 2010 at 5:03 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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I Will Vote No on Propostion 23
I will vote no on Proposition 23. AB 32, which this proposition seeks to suspend, will help the California economy, as well as our health, air quality and national security.
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on Oct 13, 2010 at 12:43 pm by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Toll Lanes Start
A portion of southbound 680 will allow single occupancy cars to use the carpool lane for a fee starting on September 20th.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16104... |
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on Sep 21, 2010 at 4:11 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Why Aren't Consumers and Businesses Spending More?
There are two "political" answers in this important policy debate.
One is a version of "Obama is terrible for business" and cites uncertainty and fear of higher taxes and r... |
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on Sep 8, 2010 at 6:18 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Should the Bush Tax Cuts be Extended?
The country is stuggling to recover from a brutal recession while at the same time long term federal budget deficits are a serious threat to economic growth. The tax cuts adop... |
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on Aug 19, 2010 at 5:52 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Should Palo Alto Welcome Economic Growth?
Palo Alto starts with a huge plus!! Our city is a welcoming community for people of different religions, different cultures, and different sexual orientations. We are rewarded... |
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on Aug 4, 2010 at 9:50 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Stimulus 101--A Bridge Over Troubled Waters
This is the first of a series of blogs about the economy, stimulus efforts and the role and challenges of government anti-recession efforts.
Sometimes our economy hits a do... |
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on Jul 20, 2010 at 12:21 pm by History, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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California Budget Myths
State leaders have acted as usual to make state budget decisions in secret with the only access to the public is through the posturing that both parties put forth. So even tho... |
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on Jul 16, 2010 at 6:28 pm by Richard, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Hey honey, should we take that job in California?
California gets criticized regularly for having a bad business climate. The storyline goes roughly like this.
States compete fiercely for new businesses. California has hi... |
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on Mar 2, 2010 at 11:37 am by Whole Picture, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Stimulus 102-- One Year and $800 Billion Later
This month marks one year since the nearly $800 billion federal stimulus package was passed by Congress. What has the stimulus package accomplished? What should we do now?
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on Feb 25, 2010 at 2:57 pm by Gene, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Americans and the Economy Need More Help
The national employment report gives solid hope that the jobs recession is ending. Monthly job losses averaged 103,000 for the past 4 months down from 397,000 in the preceding... |
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on Dec 10, 2009 at 7:21 pm by Bob S, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Entitlements, Promised Benefits, Language and Arithmetic
Every week Americans are reminded that large federal budget deficits threaten our future because we have an "entitlement crisis" from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. A... |
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on Oct 5, 2009 at 5:12 am by Dark, a resident of another community |
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The Crash of Sept 2008--One Year Later
This is the one-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the collapse of the stock market, considerable anxiety throughout the country and the beginning of a major ... |
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on Sep 22, 2009 at 4:29 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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The Public Health Insurance Option
Debate over a proposed public health insurance option has become the lightening rod in the current debate about health care reform. Last night President Obama made his case fo... |
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on Sep 20, 2009 at 12:44 pm by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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The Very Temporary State Budget "Solution"
The budget adopted by the California legislature last month provides a very temporary solution to the state's continuing budget shortfalls and policy gridlock. The temporary n... |
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on Aug 9, 2009 at 12:24 pm by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Update on the U.S. Economy
In April I started a blog on when the recession would end.
My opinion was that we would know by the end of July whether Plan B was needed or the stimulus, financial sector ... |
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on Aug 9, 2009 at 8:56 am by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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Update on the California Dream
The first blog I wrote for the Weekly was on whether the California Dream was over.
Recently I saw an editorial in the Christian Science Monitor asking the same question. T... |
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on Aug 8, 2009 at 3:06 pm by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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When will the recession end?
The three questions I get asked most these days are (1) "When will the recession end?" (2) "Are we in for another Great Depression?" and (3) "When will the economy get back to... |
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on Jul 11, 2009 at 10:53 am by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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How are Regional Growth Projections Developed?
Town Square has had several lively threads about the local planning guidelines for allocating projected regional housing growth. This is a small but generally contentious piec... |
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on Jul 11, 2009 at 10:42 am by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Guidelines for Evaluating Public Investments
A reader asked me to explain the difference between public spending and public investment from an economist's perspective. I am going to try using two issues often discussed o... |
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on Jun 27, 2009 at 1:47 pm by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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