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HAS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BOXED ITSELF INTO A CORNER ON LABOR LAW?
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I've written often on the strategic mistake the unions made uniting behind the specific solution of card check rather than the general problem of unfair barriers to workers who want to organize. But... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
THE PROBLEM WITH CORPORATE TAX CODES.
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The administration's proposals to close some corporate tax loopholes didn't get much attention last week. In part, that's because the actual issues being addressed are extremely complicated. But that... More
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THE NEW YORK FED THINKS THE BANKS REPRESENT THE PEOPLE.
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Eliot Spitzer expounds on one of my favorite topics: The astonishing composition of the New York Federal Reserve: who selected Geithner back in 2003? Well, the Fed board created a select... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Will The Senate Stand Up to Credit Card Companies?
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The issue I was planning on blogging about last week, when Justice Souter announced his retirement, was the US Senate’s cowardly defeat of an amendment purposed by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) that... More
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DETROIT IS NOT TOO BIG TO FAIL. POOR THEM.
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Harold Meyerson's Post column notes one of the more galling policy contrasts going today: The difference between the auto and banking bailouts. As Harold says, the auto bailout "gives the public a... More
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BANK OF AMERICA: PRETTY STRESSED OUT.
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A couple days ago, we were hearing leaks from "people familiar with the matter" who said that the stress test's "preliminary findings have revealed that Citi, which has already been bailed out three... More
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IS CONGRESS TURNING TOWARDS SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM?
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Steny Hoyer, it seems, is making some noises about Social Security reform. Good luck with that, I guess. The interesting nugget in the article, however, is that "House and Senate leaders have resisted... More
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WHY IS OBAMA LOOKING TO END $190 BILLION IN CORPORATE TAX BREAKS?
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Generally speaking, I'm a big Robert Reich fan. But his explanation for why the president is going after a variety of tax breaks that help corporations hide international income makes very little... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
WILL WE GET TAX REFORM?
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For a bit more on the administration's changes to the corporate tax code, check out this post from real life tax lawyer Daniel Shaviro. In particular, he offers a depressingly realistic take on the... More
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WHAT IF THERE HAD BEEN NO HOUSING BUBBLE?
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James Surowiecki does a nice job making a point I've been hearing occasionally. Most bubbles leave the country with something of worth. The tech bubble, say, gave the country the tech sector. The... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
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