| Economic Populist points us to consideration of re-instating the Glass-Steagall Act.Plain vanilla banking at a tidy profit for regular banking functions is still a good idea. | |
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| by Linda Beale (cross posted from ataxingmatter)
Banks exiting TARP
Citibank has confirmed its plans to pay back the bailout funds directly provided to it. See NY Times. Of course, the fact... | |
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| by cactusObama, Bush, and Mankiw: A Look Taxes, Spending, and Bull#@% in the Great RecessionThis post serves as a quick follow-up to my previous post on real GDP per capita growth and the tax... | |
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| It's coming closer:Once the tax expires, those inheriting estates after Dec. 31 will have to pay capital gains taxes on any asset sold. The cost will be based on the original price of the property,... | |
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| Does anyone know how to save a word into Blogger's dictionary?I'm really getting tired of ignoring its questions about "DeLong," "Krugman," and "Bernanke." | |
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| Hat tip to Glen Greenwald for following this case and today's presentation for Mohamed v. Jeppesen and Ben Wizner's oral argument at the United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
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| I don't pretend to know Joe Lieberman's motivation, but it's working to perfection if his goal is to divide Party leaders (Obama, Reid, etc.) from the Democratic progressive base. I don't remember... | |
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| by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt
Health Care Provider Taxes
An under-the-radar tax funding scheme is the prevalence of health care providers taxes. Our most current information indicates 44 state have... | |
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| Following up on this post, a 4-week auction over year-end (PDF) that sold at 0.00% interest, with a coverage ratio of 4.4:1. (Yield unchanged from the previous week, and the week before that.)Who... | |
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| Alan Greenspan:The U.S. Federal Reserve has done all it can do to reduce unemployment and needs to worry more about the risk of inflation from the stimulus it poured into the economy, former Fed... | |
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