Archive for April, 2010
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Work Longer, Retire Later
Posted on April 24, 2010
My wife’s boss, George LeMieux, the junior Senator from Florida, gave me a startling statistic the other day. He said that he got it from Erskine Bowles, President Clinton’s former...
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Shocked, Shocked
Posted on April 22, 2010
Everyone’s favorite line from the movie “Casablanca” is when Inspector Renault says to Rick (as he collects his gambling winnings), “I am shocked, shocked to find gambling going on here.”...
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International Tax Policy, Blah, Blah, Blah
Posted on April 21, 2010
International tax policy is boring. Jobs, American competitiveness, and the future of the world economy and America’s place in it, is not so boring. The boring stuff has a profound...
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The Financial Reform Kabuki
Posted on April 20, 2010
I think there will be a deal on financial services reform, or Wall Street reform as the White House now calls it. But first there has to be the requisite...
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What’s Good for Goldman?
Posted on April 19, 2010
It used to be said that what is good for General Motors is good for America. And for much of the last century, that assertion was basically true. Economic policies...
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