Regular readers know me as a fiscal conservative, but that’s not the crowd I run with. My small Facebook posse …
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Eric Meermann in The Street
The Street, February 24, 2011Eric Meermann discusses considerations of anonymity and control when making charitable donations.
A Revolutionary Idea: Stasis Is Not Stable
Financial markets around the world recoiled this week at the spectacle of Libya’s bloodbath, but it was not out of …
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A Stock Exchange Needs More Than A Big Tree
On May 17, 1792, 24 stock brokers met under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street. Lower Manhattan has been a …
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Under Housing’s Weight, Uncle Sam Finally Shrugs
Three years after the housing market’s collapse, the federal government finds itself backing nine out of every 10 new residential …
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Nonessential Air Service
I’m going skiing in Vermont next month for a few days. As always, I’ll toss my stuff into the car …
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‘Card-Check’ Is The Latest Commerce Clause Battleground
For nearly half a century, federal lawyers have argued that it is both illegal and unconstitutional for states to infringe …
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