Will The Bailout Work?
by Michael Spence
The U.S. economy, and much of the rest of the developed world, is in the midst of the collapse of an asset bubble fueled, in the main, by excess leverage...

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McCain's economic plan boosts middle class
John McCain's economic plan is designed from the ground up to raise incomes and create jobs for Americans - especially middle-class Americans - and get our economy moving again...

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Hoover fellows play key roles in campaigns of McCain and Obama
Exerpts are from the San Jose Mercury News

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article (www.mercurynews.com/ci_10632576) Government Equity in Private Companies
by Gary S. Becker
The Federal government of the United States has seldom taken an equity interest in private companies, although this has been proposed sometimes, especially as a way to get higher returns on social security assets...

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Anything Goes with Chris Buckley: Chapter 1 of 5
Christopher Buckley, the former chief speechwriter for George H. W. Bush, is the editor at large for ForbesLife magazine, discusses (sort of) his new comic novel, Supreme Courtship.

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Venice, But Without the Gondolas
Financial historian Niall Ferguson, author of the forthcoming The Ascent of Money, sees a rough future for New York....

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