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Andrew Sullivan reviews "Red Ink"

…corporate income tax — in 2011, 7.9 percent.” “Red Ink” is an extraordinarily useful book. It is exactly what author David Wessel, economics editor for the Wall Street Journal, claims…

Scotusblog’s Wednesday roundup links Angry Bear

…again makes it to recommended links to read. Wed roundup at Scotusblog. Jess Bravin of the Wall Street Journal reviews the latest book by Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner….

Opponents Into Frenzy

…advisor Austan Goolsbee published a column in the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Supreme Court Rules, The Market Yawns,” noting only a small drop in the stock market (about 26…

An Open Letter to Robert Barro

…according to RePEc. Dear Professor Barro: I’m compelled to write after following your writings for many years, in response to your recent article (PDF) in the Wall Street Journal, your…

Guest post: Poll on Jamie Dimon and follow up

…others who have called for Dimon’s resignation include former Wall Street prosecutor and New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, Massachusetts Senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren, and today,…

Elizabeth Warren campaigns in MA

…regulators and politicians who don’t like Wall Street and don’t like being browbeaten by lobbyists end up allowing complex rules, too. EW: Here’s another way to look at what you…