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Scott Jagow

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  • I'm always amazed at how two people can go through very similar experiences and come out the other side with completely opposite viewpoints. Take,…

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  • Feb 16, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. A few things to start the week: Utah considers eliminating the high school senior year? Plus, why…

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  • Feb 13, 2010

    The Dynamite Prize

    The Real-World Economics Review Blog is taking votes for a new award — The Dynamite Prize in Economics. It's kind of like The Razzies for movies….

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  • Feb 13, 2010

    The Robin Hood Tax

    Just when you thought the story of bankers vs the people couldn't get any more surreal, there's this. A UK coalition launched a campaign this week…

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  • The latest salvo in the guerrilla war that is the modern newspaper business is a zinger. It comes from Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive writer…

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  • Feb 12, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Happy Friday. I just have one item to suggest this morning because it'll take a few minutes to watch. I think it's worth it….

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  • Google killed several music blogs this week — wiping out years worth of archives — because record labels lodged complaints that the blogs were…

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  • Feb 12, 2010

    A global bank tax

    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is convinced that the major nations of the world will soon agree to take a pound of flesh from the banks — a…

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  • The Greek philosopher Plato believed that those who are extraordinarily intelligent, virtuous and brave are best suited to run government. What…

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  • Feb 11, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. So far — the president snarls at his critics, Hank Paulson defends his close ties to Wall Street, plus the massive cost of…

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