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26 Feb

Fed Gives Congress Room to Shirk Resposibility

by Barry Ritholtz
Fed Gives Cover to Bumbling Congress By helping to prevent a depression after the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve gave the...

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23 Feb

Does front-loading taxation increase savings?

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17 Feb

John Oliver on Big Tobacco

by Barry Ritholtz
Thanks to tobacco industry regulations and marketing restrictions in the US, smoking rates have dropped dramatically. John Oliver...

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27 Jan

The Shrinking American Middle Class

by Barry Ritholtz
click for interactive infographic Source: The Upshot

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16 Jan

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be Rich . . .

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: MoJo

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15 Jan

The Where-To-Be-Born Index

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: The Economist

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13 Jan

Supersize Ambitions

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: NY Times

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11 Dec

Brother, Can You Spare 12 cents for Crumbling Infrastructure?

by Barry Ritholtz
The Shame of America’s Rotting Roads With gas prices falling, now is the time to raise the federal fuel tax to pay for improving...

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29 Aug

Conservatives Discover America’s Infrastructure Problems

by Barry Ritholtz
Last night, I made a rare airport run. Our niece from Chicago is visiting for the long weekend, and rather than send a car, we fought...

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23 Apr

Gasoline Tax, Unchanged Since 1993, is Due for an Increase

by Barry Ritholtz
U.S. on Highway to Flunking Out Roads are crumbling, bridges are collapsing, and what was once considered one of the greatest...

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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