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Archive for March, 2011

In 1637, Holland created a market to buy and sell Tulip ‘futures.’ The crash of this "Tulipmania" nearly destroyed the Dutch economy.

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Inflation is Soaring, and Companies Hide it by Reducing Sizes of Products Instead of Increasing Prices

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Why is there such a hard argument against/for corporate taxes (or taxes on capital gains)?

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The lower/middle class ends up paying it through the consumer price anyway. It’s not like they’re taking wealth from the rich, it’s just making prices higher for the poor.

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13% of all U.S. homes are vacant

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Our Fastest Growing Export? Interest Payments

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The False Panacea of Labor-Market Flexibility – a preliminary comparison between Europe’s largest economy, Germany, and the US suggests that the former is better equipped to hold its own in the age of globalization due to Germany’s labor-market rigidity and structural investments in the economy

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Page 11 of this PDF says that the corporate tax rate in the Congo is 339.7% of profit, which seems insane. Can someone explain this to me?

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Inequality Is Most Extreme in Wealth, Not Income

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The least funny joke I’ve read today. A copy of the US Treasury Dept’s strategic plan for 2010-2015…

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State and Local tax revenue increases in 2010

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Why use core inflation?

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So what do you think about the economics of scalpers? Are they efficiently allocating goods, or should they be punished?

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Bottom Feeders: The Myth of ‘Race to the Bottom’ Why it continues to be perpetuated despite any evidence. [pdf]

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Where The Bailout Went Wrong

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The unbelievable truth about Ireland and its banks

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Addicted to the Nanny State; Politicians are Like Pushers

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Alan Greenspan: Dodd-Frank fails to meet test of our times

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ADP: Private Employment increased by 201,000 in March

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Jeremy Rifkin is about as close as it gets to a living prophet

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China leads challenge to "scientific superpowers"

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