Category: Economics
Another Reason To Hate Farm Subsidies
July 19th, 2010Honest When It's Convenient
July 18th, 2010NY Times: Changing Stance, Administration Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax
Administration officials say the tax argument is a linchpin of their legal case in defense of the health care overhaul and its individual mandate, now being challenged in… more »
Old Spice Wins The Internet
July 14th, 2010... in the past 2 days. more »
How NOT To Stimulate The Economy
July 14th, 2010WSJ Editorial: The Uncertainty Principle
As the nearby table shows, the lawyers estimate that the law will require no fewer than 243 new formal rule-makings by 11 different federal agencies.
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As the Davis Polk wonks put it, "U.S. financial re… more »
Shocking...
July 14th, 2010WSJ: Early Tests Pin Toyota Accidents on Drivers
The data recorders analyzed by NHTSA were selected by the agency, not Toyota, based on complaints the drivers had filed with the government. Toyota hasn't been involved in interpreting the data.
The… more »
I Think Paul Krugman Already Proposed This
July 7th, 2010Alvin Greene: America's most unlikely politician
"Another thing we can do for jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays. Little dolls. Me. Like maybe little action dolls. Me in an army uniform, air force uniform, and me in my suit. They can… more »
My New Favorite New Yorker
June 25th, 2010WSJ: Private Bus Line Seeks to Profit on MTA Cuts
Mr. Azumah, the president, owner and sometimes-driver of TransportAzumah, thinks he can make money running buses along three routes that the MTA plans to shut down this weekend as part of deep service… more »
Jamaica's Blood Is On Our Hands
June 5th, 2010'War on drugs' behind endless misery
The news of intense drug-related violence out of Jamaica is shocking and dreadful but entirely predictable. Wherever the war on drugs touches down, death and destruction result. A recent target is Kingston, Jamaica… more »
Square Watermelons
June 3rd, 2010They exist. more »
Not Monopoly Money
June 3rd, 2010CBS News: National Debt Tops $13 Trillion For First Time
Tallied against the nation's Gross Domestic Product, the latest Debt number amounts to nearly 89.4 percent of the total economy. more »
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