[NOTE: I'm kind of under the weather, so I'm afraid that today all you get is a link dump. Clever commentary is quite beyond me at the moment.]
The sad history of the income tax.
For a black-hearted killer of the poor and the old, Paul Ryan is actually a pretty nice guy.
Six weeks to save the Eurozone.
A German judge throws a monkey wrench into the Eurozone’s EFSF machinery.
The myth of the macroeconomy.
When wages are stagnant, larding on more debt is B-A-D.
What are the side costs of trade with China?
Private-sector GDP is “bottom bouncing”.
Stimulus and the Depression: the untold story.
The housing market is great! ...if you’re rich.
The Eurocrats try to think up new ways to fail.
The UK spreads the gospel of austerity.
“The savings of millions of people are going to vanish.”
Mitch Daniels: America is facing a “survival level threat”.
A day without some Milton Friedman wisdom is like a day without sunshine.
Well...Obama did say that he wanted to create lots of new jobs.
You know you're boned when it costs you $2 million just to fire two public-sector employees. (From Andy.)
--------------------------------------- Like most doomed romances, this one had elements of both the comic and the tragic.