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NASCAR, Race Horses, and Tropical Deforestation? What Congress Could Do (Again) With Our Tax Dollars

March 31, 2014
I’ll admit that I’m not a Nascar fan, and I only watch horse racing during the Triple Crown (usually only the first two legs). But I am a big baseball fan and I still don’t think that my taxpayer dollars should be used to subsidize the building of fancy new stadiums, any more than ...
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I'm Embarrassed

January 16, 2014
USA Commits Own-Goal on the IMF I'm an American citizen.  I'm embarrassed.  The US Congress again has failed to include in the omnibus budget bill finally passed by the House (and now going to the Senate) the trivial amount needed for the United States to finally approve critic...
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The Fed as Global Citizen: Up Next, Congress and the IMF

January 10, 2014
The United States is the world’s most influential economic player. The United States Federal Reserve’s actions, in particular, affect the rest of the world.