Bailout

Counterparties

By Felix Salmon

Paterson is even more useless than I’d thought — NYT

Crap tax law implicated in Austin terror-suicide: it’s not the IRS’s fault, it’s Congress — NYT

Wherein Blodget turns my tweet into a fully-fledged CONTEST — TBI

Valentino vs. September Issue — Black Von

Go read Paul on security theatre. Hilarious — Kedrosky

Must-read piece in the American Conservative on hispanics and crime. Fantastic stuff — AmCon

The top 400 taxpayers all earn at least $138m per year. Their average tax rate? 16.6% — WSJ

Full post as published by Macroprudential on February 19, 2010 (boomark / email).