…is for the gubmint to find all sorts of ways to help Paulson’s former employer?) Instead, there’s all this talk about spending even more money on even more undeserving people…

…of QE. New QE correlates with a rebound in global PMIs. Given this correlation and the latest GDP release, I expect that talk of QE anew to surface. Rebecca Wilder…

…for Social Security, while creating tax-free universal savings accounts for all Americans.” And thought: Are you freak’n kidding me! In this time of financial collapse we’re still going to talk…

…has a private talk with his daughters, in which he explains that Mitch McConnell made some demands, but he Nobly and Gloriously Reached a Compromise. He explains the deal to…

…have low taxes and cheap labor. If you move your plant to a low tax state firms you can save money, but there is no free lunch and you get…

by Mike Kimel Predicting Recessions, The Great Stagnation, and Will There Be a Double Dip? There’s a lot of talk about a double dip recession these days. I don’t think…

…has been a disaster for working families and their communities. Obama’s lopsided recovery also reflects lopsided government intervention. Apart from all the talk about jobs, the Obama administration never supported…

…just in case you were wondering what a soft restructuring actually is, Joseph Cotterill at FT Alphaville explains. Beyond the gobbledygook restructuring talk is a simple story of incentives and…

…reason we need a progressive tax policy–including at the least progressive tax rates with brackets that reach much higher into the stratosphers of the ultra rich (55% for those making…

…& commercial property values accompanying the bubble bursting has started to translate into declining property tax revenues…but even last year, while school districts were supposed to be getting direct aid…