Greg Mankiw Argues for a Financial Transactions Tax to Improve Health Care
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 29th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Greg Mankiw Argues for a Financial Transactions Tax to Improve Health Care
Okay, that’s not exactly right, but there is an important link. In his column in the NYT today, the former chief economist to President Bush warns that a public health care plan could in the long-run lead to lower pay…
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“What Can I Do?”
Someone recently approached me at the cheese counter of a local supermarket, asking “what can I do?” At first I thought the person was seeking advice about a choice of cheese. But I soon realized the question was larger than…
Sponsored Topics: Cheese – United States – Barack Obama – Supermarket – Washington
Al-Safa, June 27, 2009
This, from my friend David Shulman, an activist in the Israeli-Palestinian peace group Ta’ayush, who has written widely about acts of witness in the South Hebron hills–including in this blog: While Prime Minister Netanyahu scoffs at Ahmedinajad’s beatings of peaceful…
Sponsored Topics: Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu – Middle East – Israeli–Palestinian conflict – David Shulman