Resources on the Economy for the Real Wonks Out There

Click on the photo below to link to a Washington Post fact-checker site. You can then hyperlink to over 50 facts for each of Romney and Obama (each small square is a hyper link with a window that will tell you what fact is being checked), so enjoy reading about the truth behind over 100 campaign claims.

Below are links to a variety of sources and articles on the economy.

The following are from Ezra Klein. Klein is a columnist at the Washington Post, as well as a contributor to MSNBC. His work focuses on domestic and economic policymaking.

Is Obama’s $4 trillion deficit-reduction plan for real?

The three best charts on how Clinton’s surpluses became Bush and Obama’s deficits

Paul Ryan’s Medicare claims vs. his auto bailout claims

Romney’s budget would require a 40% cut to everything but Medicare, Social Security, and defense

Everything you know about Paul Ryan’s budget is (probably) wrong

The problem with Romney’s Medicare chart: It’s not true

The real Romney-Ryan budgets cuts aren’t to Medicare. They’re to programs for the poor.

Does the Ryan budget really reduce the deficit?

Wonkbook: The Medicare — and Medicaid — wars