Taxing the Top
In a world in which some people keep getting way more than they need, while others can hardly get by, Robin Hood starts to look better and better.
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Michael Perelman's Iraq Peace Plan
Recently posted to lbo-talk: I'm not much of a fan of Milton Friedman, but he once offered a
Grand Theft Auto (Greg Palast)
Greg Palast's take on the GM bankruptcy: Grand Theft Auto: How Stevie the Rat bankrupted GM by Greg
Geithner Couldn't Sell Home (NY Post)
From today's New York Post (and AP): The real estate market's troubles are hitting close to
April-to-May Job Loss: 532,000
The ADP National Employment Report covers "nonfarm private employment" and comes out a bit in advance of Bureau
Mayor of Lansing Defends Autoworkers
While we're posting items on the auto industry--here is this video from December that I missed. It'
Goodbye, GM (Michael Moore)
Another statement on GM's bankruptcy (from MichaelMoore.com): I write this on the morning of the end of
Nader Statement On GM Bankruptcy
From PR Newswire: WASHINGTON, June 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer advocate Ralph Nader today issued the following statement on GM'
Traffic Tickets to Plug Budget Shortfalls?
Quite an interesting post from a blog I hadn't heard of, Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis,
Congress's Afterthought, Wall Street's Trillion Dollars
From Saturday's Washington Post. One premise of the article is that this law is enough to make the
Failed Stress Tests...in 2004
From the Financial Times : Northern Rock risk revealed in 2004 By Norma Cohen and Chris Giles Published: May 30 2009