Ouch

A man who supplies service workers to the rich is suing Soros, Schwarzman, Icahn and Seinfield

dealbook.nytimes.com Discussion
Reminders

7 examples of how free markets can fail

thefiscaltimes.com Discussion
innovation

"Grass-fed beef is getting to a point where it’s almost an interesting business"

nytimes.com Discussion
Tax Arcana

Citi is begging to be taxed heavily

preview.reuters.com Discussion

Archives

healthcare

For the first time in almost 40 years, medical costs fell in May

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Matthew Rose: Yet more evidence something important is happening in health-care costs: First monthly decline in decades. http://t.co/SPptONcHb3 via @WSJ
interesting

The case for convenient disabled parking, and against free disabled parking

theatlanticcities.com Discussion Tweet This
Emily Badger: RT @AtlanticCities: Seriously, we have to stop giving away free parking to the disabled http://t.co/DAtRpjJhXW via @emilymbadger
The Fed

The US recovery by the numbers: not quite there yet

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Data Points

Internship lawsuits are officially a trend

huffingtonpost.com Discussion Tweet This
ProPublica: Another unpaid intern is suing: http://t.co/IwfUUOGpPl // #ProjectIntern explains the laws on working for free: http://t.co/G8R3ii1Ya8
Scandals

How the IRS keeps the $4.3 trillion nonprofit world secret

washingtonpost.com Discussion Tweet This
Ezra Klein: RT @lydiadepillis: First post at Wonkblog: The other other IRS scandal, over which @carlmalamud has just sued. http://t.co/qwZoB4pMo4
UGH

Monthly bus fare is 26% of your income if you make minimum wage in Brazil

qz.com Discussion Tweet This
Matt Phillips: RT @phdorset: Brazilians spend as much as 26% of their income to ride the bus http://t.co/oKYUJDcg4X via @qz
Mild Rebukes

"A city with only one narrow class of people isn't a city... it's a suburb"

theatlanticcities.com Discussion Tweet This
Richard Florida: Are Global Cities Really Doomed to Become 'Citadels' for the Rich? - @emilymbadger in @AtlanticCities - http://t.co/wfa8G0ExnK
The Fed

It's not just the Fed, you know

econbrowser.com Discussion Tweet This
Ouch

A man who supplies service workers to the rich is suing Soros, Schwarzman, Icahn and Seinfield

dealbook.nytimes.com Discussion Tweet This
Bruce Bartlett: Why the ultra-wealthy deserve their tax cuts. http://t.co/ByFpmvefXs
Wonks

An economist's defense of the 1%

scholar.harvard.edu Discussion Tweet This
Rebuttal: "Perfectly competitive models that don’t even have banks in them are hardly relevant when we are discussing animosity towards the finance industry and the clear impact it has had on real people."
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