…culpability of big-time D.C. politicians and bureaucrats who allowed Wall Street hyper-speculation to run wild and eventually cause the 2008-09 crash and Great Recession, Jacob Lew would be understood as…

…remain nameless) made REPO deals with banks involving currency exchange — the bank gave Greece a great deal on the spot market and Greece gave the banks a great deal…

…is aware of, as I noted in my last post. The Times series has been great for the spotlight it has put on state and local subsidies and the sometimes…

…back in 2001, and they don’t want to pay more taxes than they are paying now, even a little bit more. And the Great Recession means that for many Americans…

…gratuitously back into recession, and indeed into a Great Depression. And as we’re doing this interview, it has just come out that European unemployment reached a new high in September,…

…subsidy control regulations. It’s a great format, just an almost 30-minute discussion without interruption, which allowed me to explain the problems with TIF as it has been used in Missouri…

…Many states also use an experience rate, so the businesses shedding jobs will be paying a higher rate in the future. In the “great recession,” now dragging into a fifth…

…yet again that they’re all great friends. With one another. That last one is not least. It is instead a perennial, and a great relief to those of us who…

…12, 2012) (video or transcript available); Birkenfeld’s bonanza, The Economist (Sept. 11, 2012). As Birkenfeld’s attorney put it: “Today is a great day for all the honest Americans out there…

…percent) mentioning a time when they could not afford to use birth control consistently.” Thus, “In the U.S., half of all pregnancies are unintended.” Inevitably, a great many uniplanned pregnancies…