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Capital Gains Tax vs. Income Level
Ugh. Chris Wallace is either stupid, or very misleading. Chris Wallace claimed Sen. Obama's proposal to raise the capital gains tax is a middle class tax hike since 50% of the people who gets taxed makes less than $50… -
Gas Tax Cut Wont Work
Krugman writes about the stupid McCain gas tax cut. Basically, after the tax cut, the price is just going to go up until it reaches the pre-tax cut level again, so no one is saving any money. The only difference is t… -
Mugabe Might Step Down
Yay! Mugabe might be out of power soon:President Robert Mugabe’s decades-old control of Zimbabwe seemed to erode further on Tuesday, as diplomats, analysts and opposition members contended that talks were under way … -
The Incredible HOLC
Prof. Alan Blinder suggests the revival of an old remedy to prevent an avalanche of foreclosures (it's a bit long, but worth the read):... we’ve seen this film before. During the Depression, President Franklin D. Roo… -
Idiot Reporters and Bush's Anemic Economic Performance
Michael Abramowitz and Sheryl Gay Stolberg are not really journalists, but work as part of White House's PR department. Cervantes notices a similarity between the two journalists' articles about Bush's economic perform… -
Aquaculture and Pollution in China
Aquaculture, fish and shrimp farming, in China has taken off like a rocket in the last decade or so. Today, China is the world's top seafood export, $8.59 billions worth. The runner up is Norway, with $5.39 billion. … -
Recession is BAD, not GOOD
Lots of bloggers are pointing out the faulty logic in Robert Samuelson's "recession is good" argument. This is what Robert Samuelson wrote: Recessions also have often-overlooked benefits. They dampen inflation. In wea… -
Voo-doo Economics
James Surowiecki on supply-side economics: In American politics, supply-side economics is the monster that will not die. The supply-side argument that, in the United States, tax-rate cuts pay for themselves—that, aft… -
Separate, Not Equal
Math explains why separate is never equal: Rajiv Sethi of Columbia University, Glenn Loury of Brown University in Providence, R.I., and Sam Bowles of the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, have created a simple mathema… -
Leftover Kidneys
Do you like leftovers? How about hand-me-downs? If you are in queue for the purchase of a house, and the three buyers in front of you decided not to buy the house, would you still want it? Now think if you're a patie…
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