Archive for July 21st, 2009
Links 7/22/09
It is Make It or Break It Week: Lykins
Ignore him at your own risk . . . Barry Ritholtz
The Ugliness of For-Profits: Education Optimists
Why is it that we should care what Bill Gates has to say about education? Schools Matter
Losing the Moral High Ground: Juan Cole
Updating Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics: Wired
Big Estimate on Bailout [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2009 under General.
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Social Security Deficits & Wealth Polarization
The dirty little secret behind all of the political machinations over the un-funded liabilities of Social Security is that there is an easy fix to the whole mess: raise the cap on payroll taxes. With the wealthiest Americans now taking home a third of all income, the amount of income that exceeds the SS wage [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2009 under General.
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