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Dumb SEC Rule and the “Land of Limitations”

Before 2009 wage stagnation and rising inequality were all the fault of George W. Bush and his “tax cuts for the rich.” Now that these problems have become much worse under Barack Obama, they are “America’s problem” and “a long-term … Continue reading

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Professor Krugman gets a “Gentleman’s C” in Economic History

In a recent blog post Professor Paul Krugman argues that private equity and other activist investors did little to improve the U.S. economy, which was performing well before Bain et al. came along in the early 1980s.   He writes: Let’s … Continue reading

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