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Everyone Should Have The Retirement Plan Federal Employees Enjoy
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by Teresa Ghilarducci, Kevin Hassettvia The Washington Post
All Eyes On Digital Payments
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by Raghuram Rajanvia Project Syndicate
Kevin Hassett On His Plan To Open Up The Retirement System
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Socialism and The Constitution
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by Michael McConnellvia Defining Ideas
The Essence Of Marxism
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by Niall Fergusonvia Defining Ideas
Portrait of Karl Marx
Liberal Democracy Vs. Communism
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by Peter Berkowitzvia Defining Ideas
How Socialist Is Bernie Sanders?
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by Paul R. Gregoryvia Defining Ideas
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A Cautionary Note On Price-Level Targeting
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by Charles I. Plosservia Defining Ideas
Furman, Summers And Taxes
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by David R. Hendersonvia Defining Ideas
The Bonds Of Colonialism
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Trust remains the key variable

with Victor Davis Hansonvia Gulf News (Dubai)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Victor Davis Hanson, a historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, writes: "After the junk bond meltdown, the S&L [savings-and-loan] debacle, and now the financial panic, in just a few years the financial community destroyed the ancient wisdom: deal in personal trust; your word is your bond; avoid extremes; treat the money you invest for others as something sacred; don't take any more perks than you would wish others to take; don't borrow what you couldn't suddenly pay back; imagine the worse case financial scenario and expect it may well happen; the wealthier you become the more humble you should act."...

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Good Day for Thursday, June 11, 2009

with John Shoven, George P. Shultzvia San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

George Shultz and John Shoven: Former U.S. Secretary of State Shultz and economist Shoven talk about how to fix the nation’s Social Security and health-care problems...

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Duncan talks the talk but can he walk the walk?

by Michael J. Petrillivia Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

I finally watched Charlie Wilson’s War last night (we have a toddler at home; we’re not in the movie-theater stage of our life!)...

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Current U.S. Dollar Currency Controls

with Niall Fergusonvia Seeking Alpha
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

National fiat currencies represent the common stock of nations...

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It will take Wells Fargo longer to repay TARP

with John Shoven, George P. Shultzvia San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Remember when Wells Fargo & Co. had to be dragged kicking and screaming into taking TARP money, said it couldn't wait to pay back the $25 million, and Chairman Richard Kovacevich called the government's stress test asinine?...

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The Sound and the Fury of Bond Market Vigilantes

with Niall Ferguson, John B. Taylorvia Seeking Alpha
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

In Hamlet, Shakespeare wrote “Life is but a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”...

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Can this man put Chrysler back on the road?

with Richard A. Epstein, Todd Zywickivia Financial Post (Canada)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Italian automaker Fiat SpA has finalized its government-brokered rescue of Chrysler LLC in a whirwind bankruptcy case legal scholars warn could destabilize investment markets while creating a new auto alliance with no guarantee of success...

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Charles Kesler on the Grand Liberal Project: Chapter 2 of 5

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Uncommon Knowledge
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Charles Kesler discusses the emergence of economic liberalism, and the “doctrine of social and economic rights.”...

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Cultural Literacy in Retreat

with Diane Ravitchvia Chronicle of Higher Education
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Anybody who has sat in on curriculum meetings and projects in the humanities has experienced those awkward moments when it comes down to selecting certain contents and materials as essential and required...

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Why The Taylor Act Must Go

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

On previous occasions, I have lamented about the manifest dangers of public unions...

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The Working Group on Economic Policy brings together experts on economic and financial policy to study key developments in the U.S. and global economies, examine their interactions, and develop specific policy proposals.

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