miscellany on healthcare and finance reform

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574527781844595304.html

A stealth capital gains tax... not a good idea

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703740004574513752760366872.html

The healthcare bill explicitly discourages tort reform

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574529433123464654.html

The Bear fund managers were very reasonably acquitted.

 

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/11/poverty-trap.html

More on the 100% marginal tax rate that disincentivizes class mobility

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/health/research/10nutr.html?em

skim milk with real cocoa acts like a weaker version of red wine on your heart

 

 http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/901297_whenhealthreform.pdf

incentive and inequality problems within healthcare reform