ANTHONY LEWIS, ADULTERATED MILK AND A TAINTED ECONOMY
By Jeff McCord ANTHONY LEWIS, ADULTERATED MILK AND A TAINTED ECONOMY March 28, 2013 In the early days of his brilliant career as legal journalist and commentator, Anthony Lewis, who passed at age 85...
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From Naked Capitalism: Why Does No One Speak of Americaâs Oligarchs? One of the striking elements of the demonization of Cyprus was how it was depicted as a willing tool of Russian money launderers...
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From Stormy, who has written on global trade for over a decade, sends an e-mail on the discovery that we are losing competitive advantage: I find it absolutely stunning that the Yves post and MIT study...
View ArticleHeightened Scrutiny of John Roberts: He Says He Will Vote to Uphold the...
WASHINGTON â As the justices of the Supreme Court struggled with the question of same-sex marriage this week, politicians in Congress kept handing down their own verdict. One after another, a series...
View ArticleEU proposes tighter rules on investment incentives
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition is the EU equivalent of the U.S. Department of Justice Anti-trust Division plus units for controlling domestic subsidies to industry....
View ArticleThe IMF and the Return of Structural Conditionality in Europe
The IMF has increased in importance over the last few years, especially in Europe. Prof. Joyce writes on the background of its evolution. by Joseph P. Joyce is a Professor of Economics at Wellesley...
View ArticleSunday afternoon reading...blast from the past
I saw this as a proposal for cutting gasoline consumption: One of the easiest and most benign ways to cut energy waste and reduce the nation's emissions of greenhouse gases is very simple, relatively...
View ArticleBank equity but no cash?
Ellen Brown from Web of Debt imagines a scenario close at hand. How accurate is it? Can They Do That? Although few depositors realize it, legally the bank owns the depositorâs funds as soon as they...
View ArticleLet's put a sales tax on Wall Street
I learned of a petition at the presidents site, that one where anyone can start a petition and have it addressed if you reach 100,000 signatures. We the People it's called. The petition is sponsored...
View ArticleCan you imagine Pakistan as...?
Just listen to this and while you do, knowing this was recorded in a studio in Pakistan, by Pakistani's try to jive that with âthey hate us because...â and all that comment suggests. Dave...
View ArticleThe Freedom to Diminish Other Peoples' Freedom
by Mike Kimel The Freedom to Diminish Other Peoples' Freedom You've probably heard about this study by the Mercatus Institute looking at Freedom in the 50 States. I always find these measures look at...
View ArticleBig Business believes in taxpayer subsidies, not "free markets"
by Linda Beale Big Business believes in taxpayer subsidies, not "free markets" David Cay Johnston, former NY Times reporter and now Syracuse professor, writes about the thing that most journalists...
View ArticleTuition remission...okay, now what?
Tuition is only $1747 a year. But then comes the other part...austerity budgets and as state support dwindles, one aspect is that creative cost shifting flourishes. The tripling of student debt since...
View ArticleDemand for skills falling?
Re-posted from Economistâs View, Mark Thoma points to Arnold Kling 'Is the Demand for Skill Falling?' who points to this this NBER paper: Is the Demand for Skill Falling?, by Arnold Kling: Paul...
View ArticleYour inefficient grandmother was onto something
This is the third post of a series of posts highlighting parts of the paper by David Zetland Wageningen UR - Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group; PERC - Property and Environment...
View ArticleBuce Explains the Law of Supply and Demand
"Think of the first rule of economics: if somebody has money in his pocket, somebody else is trying to take it out." (via Steve Randy Waldman's Twitter feed)
View ArticleThe Republican Senate Campaign Committeeâs Surefire Way to Defeat Ed...
The National Republican Senate Committee put out a blast email today mocking Ed Markey as the next Al Goreâaka a politician whose opponents will lie about him in order to try to block him from...
View ArticleThe Tax Free Tour; a look at the offshore tax haven system
We've all talked and read about the idea and practice of offshore accounting to reduce taxation. Here is an article produced by a show called Backlight. Backlight appears to be a news journal show in...
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