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Egypt; FCIC

(1) Egypt: The Associated Press is reporting that Hosni Mubarek is holding "resignation talks"; Robert Fisk (whose reporting

More on Property Taxes; More on Bill Black

(1) More from Polly Cleveland on Property Taxes: A couple of posts ago I complained about the New York Times&

Restore the Original Wealth Tax (Polly Cleveland)

To Save Essential Public Services, Restore the Original Wealth Tax! By Polly Cleveland, on January 17th, 2011 State and local

Regulatory Review; EconoFAQs on QE2

(1) Bill Black on Obama's Regulatory Review: I had to chuckle at the Times' headline about Obama&

Still Banking on Fraud (William K. Black)

Bill Black Is Everywhere: We just posted the feature article by Bill Black (aka William K. Black, professor of economics

The Revolutionary MLK

Making King Bland: Every year on MLK Day, a bland liberal version of Martin Luther King is celebrated, and leftists

ASSA; NYT: Socialism = enemy

I was not going to do another blog post until I'd returned from my trip out west for

Trouble for BofA; Cash for Gaza?

(1) More bad news for Bank of America: Earlier this week Bloomberg and other outlets reported on the settlement that

The Depression, Brave New World, 1984

(1) Comparisons with the Great Depression: The cover story for our Jan/Feb Issue, which is just going to the

Why Is Unemployment Still So High

If the recession is supposedly over, why is there still so much unemployment? Overall demand (in the U.S. economy

Goin’ for Broke

A review of Broke, USA by Gary Rivlin (New York: HarperCollins, 2010).

Trapped, but “Free”