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Nic Duquette
Nic Duquette is a writer living in Ohio.
If the Economy Is So Bad, Why Isn’t It Worse?
Given the high price of oil, the collapse of the dollar, and the credit crunch, one might have expected America to be mired in a deep recession. But it's not.
John McCain’s Really Bad Gas Tax Idea
The GOP nominee proposed a summer vacation for the gasoline tax. A bolder and more economically sound policy would be to increase it sharply.
Obama’s NAFTA Gaffe: Economists, Stay Out of Politics!
Nic Duquette has a message for economists considering direct involvement in public policy: Don't do it. Odds are you'll get in trouble like Obama adviser Austan Goolsbee.
Obama’s Risky Anti-NAFTA Posturing
"Though Obama's other economic proposals are excellent, even visionary," writes Nic Duquette, his anti-NAFTA posturing is a "foray into folk economics that has gotten him a lot of press, because it's what his target audience wants to hear."
