Joint Economic Committee 1999

Dr. Chuck Skipton
Educator and Economist

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Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of the United States Senate -- 1999 to 2000

The publications below represent a useful sample of the staff reports released by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of the United States Congress during the 1999 - 2000 session (106th). The JEC during this period (Under Senator Connie Mack -- FL-R) was very academic (due both to the direction given to the committee by Senator Mack and and the leadership of the Chief Economist at the time, Professor James Gwartney -- Florida State University). As such a result, the works of the various economists who labored there in this period are equally as useful in policy-maker conference rooms as it is in the classroom -- even today, nearly 10 years later.

Dr. Chuck Skipton was "in residence" as a staff economist from June 1999 to December 2000. Though some of the publications listed below were produced through a disseminated staff effort, many were worked (almost exclusively) by particular economists; primary authors are listed beside each piece.

Note: This sample includes only a portion of the majority reports from the Senate side of the committee. Other publications from this group are available upon request. Each of these publications are public record. This site is independently operated and does necessarily not represent the opinions of the current chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, his staff, or the United States Congress. It is intended soley as an archive.

10 Terrible Taxes
October 1999, Chris Edwards
PDF - 29KB

12 Myths of International Trade
June 2000, James Gwartney, C. Skipton, & James Carter
PDF - 201KB

1999 Joint Economic Report, majority views only
October 1999, Staff report
PDF - 654KB

2000 Joint Economic Report, majority views only
April 2000, Staff report
PDF - 330KB

Cutting Capital Gains Tax Rates
August 1999, Lawrence Whitman
PDF - 269KB

The U.S. Economy and China's
Admission to the WTO
May 2000, Joseph Pasetti
PDF - 94KB

The Citizen's Guide to the U.S. Economy
July 1999, Lawrence Whitman
PDF - 156KB

Entrepreneurial Dynamism and
the Success of U.S. High-Tech
October 1999, Chris Edwards
PDF - 323KB

Growth and Prosperity Series, Vol. 1:
Economic Growth and the Future Prospects
of the U.S. Economy
October 1999, Staff report
PDF - 338KB

Growth and Prosperity Series, Vol. 2:
The Budget, Taxation, and Economic Growth
October 1999, Staff report
PDF - 279KB

Growth and Prosperity Series, Vol. 3:
Entrepreneurial Dynamism and
the Success of U.S. High-Tech
October 1999, Chris Edwards
PDF - 242KB

Growth and Prosperity Series, Vol. 4:
The Great Expansion -- How It Was
Achieved and How It Can Be Sustained
April 2000, Staff report
PDF - 236KB

America's Leadership in the
Innovation Economy
July 1999, Staff report
PDF - 240KB

Land Use Planning for the 21st Century
May 2000, Randall Holcombe* (Florida State University)
PDF - 191KB

The Growing Importance of
Industrial R&D to the U.S. Economy
June 1999, Chris Edwards
PDF - 275KB

President Reagan's Economic Legacy:
The Great Expansion
October 2000, Staff report
PDF - 2.2MB

Social Security in the 21st Century
September 2000, James Gwartney, Chris Edwards, Kurt Schuler, Chuck Skipton, & Angie Ritzert
PDF - 1.5MB

U.S. Employment Trends & Developments
June 2000, James Carter & Chuck Skipton
PDF - 321KB

* Note: Randall Holcombe (Florida State University) was not a staff member of the Joint Economic Committee during the 106th (1999-2000). He was contracted for the research he submitted to the chairman in the summer of 2000.