These 31 charts will destroy your faith in humanity
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Washington Post:Earlier this week, Rob Wile of Business Insider posted his graph-heavy opus: "31 Charts That Will Restore...
Everything you know about employers and Obamacare is wrong
FollowWashington Post:Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American...
Two ways immigration reform could succeed and three ways it could fail
FollowWashington Post:Earlier this week, the Senate immigration bill passed the Judiciary Committee...
Josh Barro didn't leave conservatism. Conservatism left Josh Barro.
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These 12 technologies will drive our economic future
FollowWashington Post:Most of the writing you see about the economy speaks to narrow questions: What will growth be this year? When will the unemployment rate get back to normal? And so on.
U.S. infrastructure spending has plummeted since 2008
FollowWashington Post:Not surprisingly, the collapse of a bridge along I-5 in Washington state yesterday has revived the long...
Scandals usually lead to reform. Maybe not this time.
FollowWashington Post:Put aside the politics, and the question of who-knew-what-when.
Obama's six-point plan to wind down the "war on terror"
FollowWashington Post:Like all presidential speeches, President Obama's Thursday address at the National Defense University was...
Tornado loss estimate: $2 billion to $5 billion
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CNN:The 79 tornadoes that hit over three days in 10 states caused billions in losses, with most of damage concentrated in...
Mr. Money Mustache answers his doubters
FollowWashington Post:Yes, he has health insurance. No, he doesn’t deprive himself. And yes, he says, you can retire early too.
Five ways to protect journalists and their anonymous sources
FollowWashington Post:In a speech Thursday at National Defense University, President Obama discussed the Justice Department's...
U.K. Credit Programs See Little Impact
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Wall Street Journal:Government efforts to encourage banks to lend have, so far, been ineffectual, new data suggests.
Immigrant unemployment rate same as U.S.-born
FollowCNN:The unemployment rate for immigrants may match that for native-born workers. But immigrants tend to make much less.
The 'chicken poop' credit and other bad tax breaks
FollowCNN:The fuss over Apple's complex strategies to avoid taxes put the corporate tax code on display in all its convoluted...
Sources: CNN, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Huffingon Post...
German Mood Brightens
FollowWall Street Journal:Germany's businesses and households are becoming more chipper, two sentiment surveys showed, indicating that growth in Europe's largest economy is gaining traction following a weak start to the year.
Poor hit hardest by Washington budget cuts
FollowCNN:As the sequester continues on, lower level workers, the poor and those who don't have powerful allies are feeling the brunt of what was supposed to be across-the...
Economix Blog: Uwe E. Reinhardt: Debating Doctors' Compensation
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NY Times:The value that society places of medical services is the best determinant of just pay for doctors, an economist writes.
Chinese Data Cast Global Pall
FollowWall Street Journal:New data suggesting contraction in Chinese manufacturing have cast further doubt about growth in the world's No. 2 economy, hitting markets as investors worry about the implications for the global outlook.
Stocks edge lower as investors reassess Fed fears
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The Denver Post:Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.
Sources: The Denver Post, The Boston Globe, CBS News, MSNBC, CNN.
In Bid for Clarity, Fed Delivers Opacity
FollowWall Street Journal:Reporter Jon Hilsenrath writes that while Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke knows clear communication is key to managing market expectations for the central bank's bond-buying program, discordant voices and conditional...
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Mortgages: Reducing Refinancing Expenses
FollowNY Times:Borrowers in New York who switch lenders might be able to eliminate the state’s mortgage recording tax.
Small business driving Denver's economic rebound
FollowThe Denver Post:Denver's economy continues to gain traction, with some of the strongest population, employment and home-price gains in the country, said Jeff Romine, chief economist with the Denver Office of Economic Development.
Obamacare premiums in California lower than predicted
FollowCNN:Health insurers in California will charge an average of $304 a month for the cheapest silver-level plan in state...
Lessons for Euro From Two Revolutions
FollowWall Street Journal:Europe overturned the convention of history when, unlike the U.S. or Germany before it, it created monetary union before political union.
Sorry, Chuck Grassley. Obama isn't 'packing the court.'
FollowWashington Post:D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Sri Srinivasan won unanimous approval Thursday by the Senate.
Seven thrilling facts about carbon taxes from the CBO
FollowWashington Post:Sure, Congress isn't exactly on the verge of passing a carbon tax.
READ: President Obama's speech on the future of the war on terror
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Let's get rid of corporate taxes altogether
FollowWashington Post:Forget trying to make Apple pay higher taxes. How about if we don't make them pay any taxes at all? Mitt Romney got roundly mocked for saying, ...
Sources: Washington Post, LA Times, Huffingon Post, CNN, MSNBC.
How our community colleges are falling behind
FollowWashington Post:Pop quiz: What's the biggest category of college or university in the United States? Is it big public...
Everything you need to know about Obama's war on leakers in one FAQ
FollowWashington Post:There's been a blizzard of news about the Obama administration's crackdown on...
Poverty is now growing twice as fast in the suburbs as in the city
FollowWashington Post:At some point during the 2000s, America reached an unexpected milestone: There are now more poor people living in the suburbs than living in the inner cities. That stat comes from a big new Brookings Institution book by...
New-Home Prices at High; Builders Cap Supply
FollowWall Street Journal:Home buyers are paying more for newly built homes than they ever have, as U.S. home builders continue pushing up prices and limiting the number of properties hitting the market.
Sources: Wall Street Journal, The Denver Post, LA Times, MSNBC...
Economix Blog: The Changing Face of Community Colleges
FollowNY Times:A Century Foundation report shows a sharp increase in enrollment of lower-income, nonwhite students at community colleges, institutions that will do much to shape the economy.
Yikes! The Japanese stock market cratered overnight
FollowWashington Post:Well that was fast. Japanese financial markets have experienced a stunning rise over the past six months, as a new government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced policies of aggressive Keynesian stimulus paired...
Sources: Washington Post, The Boston Globe, CBS News, Huffingon Post...
U.K. Households Not Loosening Purse Strings
FollowWall Street Journal:Weak wage growth, rising prices and economic uncertainty are keeping U.K. consumers from spending their cash, raising concerns about the prospects for retailers and the wider economy this year.
Meet Farzad Mostashari, the bow-tie bureaucrat convincing doctors to go digital
FollowWashington Post:The United States hit a health care milestone Wednesday: Most doctors now use...
Jobless claims fall, pointing to better May
FollowCNN:First-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, signaling the job market may have improved in May.
Jobless Claims Drop More Than Expected
FollowNY Times:Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 23,000 to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, pushing back below the 350,000 mark that economists associate with a firming job market.
Wonkbook: Bernanke lashes Congress
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Bitcoin more powerful than fastest supercomputers
FollowCNN:Bitcoin's network generates more power than the top 500 supercomputers and sucks down around $200,000 a day in...
6-step guide to dodging taxes just like Apple
FollowCNN:Tax avoidance works beautifully -- and legally -- for Apple and other multinationals. Why not make it work for you? FORTUNE -- It’s faddish -- and fun -- these days to talk about the income taxes that Apple does or...
4 federal agencies to shut Friday
FollowCNN:Some 114,000 federal employees are getting four days off, including one unpaid furlough day. Friday is the first of several agency wide furlough days.
Euro-Zone Business Activity Falls
FollowWall Street Journal:Private-sector activity in the euro zone declined again in May, a development that is likely to add to calls for further action by the European Central Bank and governments to boost growth.
China factory activity contracts in May
FollowCNN:Fears of a slowdown in global growth were reinforced Thursday as a preliminary report on China's manufacturing in May showed activity contracted for the first...
Sources: CNN, NY Times, The Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal.
Hewlett-Packard's slump continues as revenue drops 10%
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LA Times:The company posts earnings of $1.1 billion in its fiscal second quarter, down 32% from a year earlier.
Sources: LA Times, The Denver Post, The Boston Globe, CBS News...
Economix Blog: Marc Jarsulic and Simon Johnson: A Big-Bank Failure Scenario
FollowNY Times:All the talk of safeguards and international cooperation is likely to prove ineffectual if a huge international bank fails, two economists write.
China Tilts Back to Big Spending
FollowWall Street Journal:A more detailed look at China's economic performance in 2012 shows it tipped further off balance, relying more than ever on credit-fueled...
Defining Moments in 'Currency War'
FollowWall Street Journal:Columnist David Wessel explains the fine line between monetary policy and currency manipulation, and why the former is OK but the latter is not.
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke signals bank will continue stimulus efforts
FollowThe Denver Post:Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday told Congress that the U.S.
Sources: The Denver Post, The Boston Globe, CBS News, LA Times...
Sales of previously owned homes at highest level in 3½ years
FollowThe Denver Post:Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in 3½ years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.
Sources: The Denver Post, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, LA Times...
Housing Market Gets Off to Solid Spring Start
FollowWall Street Journal:Sales of foreclosed homes fell in April, and the number of properties on the market rose at the start of the spring selling season, suggesting further improvement in the housing market this year.
Sources: Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, CBS News, The Boston Globe...
The best sentences we read today
FollowWashington Post:-- "The secret of many charter schools' success isn't a mystery." -- "I'm Charles Murray, I'm sure that Jason wanted to work with me. I mean, come on." -- "Asked about it later, Kraig Naasz, Mr.
Push on corporate tax rules goes global
FollowWashington Post:A global effort to tighten corporate tax rules is gaining momentum as politicians in Europe and the United States take aim at American tech giants...
Sources: Washington Post, Huffingon Post, CNN, MSNBC, NY Times...
Stop celebrating our falling deficits
FollowWashington Post:It's time to stop celebrating last week's Congressional Budget Office report. Our deficits aren't dropping because we're doing something right. They're dropping because we're doing everything wrong.