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Boehner May Have To Let The Fiscal Cliff Happen To Stay Speaker

Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. I've come to the conclusion that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is going to have a very difficult time making any deal with the Democrats during the lame duck session on taxes and spending – that is, on preventing the...

The Confidence Fairy is a Vengeful Harridan

Krugman points out in his column today that Mitt Romney declared himself to be the confidence fairy in his Boca remarks, saying that he really didn't need to have an economic program, his election would be enough to lift all those boats without breaking a sweat. The...

The ‘Self-Made’ Myth and Our Hallucinating Rich

In real life, working hard only takes you so far. Those who go all the way — to grand fortune — typically get a substantial head start. So documents an entertaining, baseball-themed new analysis of the Forbes 400. Let’s cut Mitt Romney some slack. Not every...

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