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AboutJeffrey Dorfman:

Jeffrey Dorfman is a professor of economics at The University of Georgia and consultant on economic issues to a variety of corporations and local governments. Taking a generally free market, libertarian perspective, he uses economics as the lens to analyze government policies from the local to the international level.
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A Growing List of Lies in the Debt Ceiling Debate

A Growing List of Lies in the Debt Ceiling Debate

By Jeffrey Dorfman
PostedJanuary 29, 2014

Its become an annual event. Like the Super Bowl or the U.S. Open. That’s right, the debt ceiling debate is back, and just like last year, politicians are feeding us the same lies about the dangers it poses – the worst of which is the threat of a US default. But, as Jeffrey Dorfman explains, the reality is much less scary. Read on…

2 Ways to Respond to Obamacare Apologists

2 Ways to Respond to Obamacare Apologists

By Jeffrey Dorfman
PostedDecember 9, 2013

The president and his supporters are trying to convince Americans that all of the problems with the implementation of Obamacare are simply bumps in the road, normal as part of any new program in its early days. Of course, that’s not true. In fact, that’s exactly what one should expect when the government is in charge.