Pretty cool table, via doingbusiness.org looking at how easy or hard it is to do a variety of business functions in different countries...
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Interesting Op-Ed by Jonathan Chait in today’s NYT: Captives of the Supply Side. Chait makes the interesting argument that as far...
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We have long railed against the absurdity of the CPI data. The ridiculous adjustments, the lack of correlation between CPI prices and...
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Via the Onion, comes this frickin’ hysterical tv panel discussing the all important question: Are America’s Rich Falling...
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My pal David Kotok of Cumberland Advisors reminds us of the following: An AMT fix (HR 2318)! Thank you to Congressmen Andrews and...
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Concerned about rampant speculation, China acted today to let some air out of the rapidly inflating equity bubble: • China will raise...
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I was surprised at the reaction to the Zero Sum intro yesterday. I keep forgetting there are lots of bad memes and worse ideas that have...
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From this week’s Barron’s, comes the latest bit of fiscal dishonesty from the White House: "THIS SPACE...
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The redesigned $10 quietly slipped into circulation yesterday: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing explains: "The new $10 note,...
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In case you missed it, there was a front page NYT story on Women’s decreasing work force participation. We have covered the issue...
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