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1. The Medicare Fraud in Our Future, by David Henderson
   
   Mon Sep 6 01:36:32 2010
   In tonights 60 Minutes episode, the lead item was on the huge amount of Medicare fraud that takes place. Scam artists get lists of patients, lists of expensive items they can bill to Medicare, and a bank account. Then they go to town and steal t[...]
2. Tax Rates, 1990 to Now, by David Henderson
   
   Sun Sep 5 10:00:30 2010
   In a comment on my post, "From the Vault: My Review of Krugman," commenter David C writes: Id like to point out that on taxes at least, Krugmans position hasnt changed from 1990. He still thinks the tax rates we had in 1990 were about optimal. Its[...]
3. WSJ Survey Biases the Options, by David Henderson
   
   Sat Sep 4 22:49:54 2010
   Greg Mankiw posts about how some economists responded to a Wall Street Journal poll about whether the Bush tax cuts should be extended. According to Greg: 6 percent said no, all the tax cuts should be allowed to expire, 24 percent said yes, [...]
4. Good News about the Oil Spill, by David Henderson
   
   Sat Sep 4 11:05:41 2010
   Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who published a groundbreaking study of microbial activity Tuesday in the online research journal Science Express, has had a team of researchers out in the Gulf since Ma[...]
5. From the Vault: My Review of Krugman, by David Henderson
   
   Thu Sep 2 17:17:40 2010
   I was web searching this morning in the Fortune archives--I wrote a lot of articles and books reviews for Fortune between 1983 and the late 1990s--and I came across my December 31, 1990 review of Paul Krugmans 1990 book, The Age of Diminished E[...]
6. David Rosenberg: Heres 9 Reasons Why That ISM Number Shouldnt Be Believed
   
   Thu Sep 2 09:36:28 2010
   Okay, okay... last post regarding yesterdays ISM report , and the idea that maybe it wasnt so hot... This time from David Rosenberg of Gluskin-Sh[...]
7. David Friedman on Eggs and Quality, by David Henderson
   
   Wed Sep 1 18:24:58 2010
   I had missed David Friedmans post last week on eggs and quality . The whole thing is worth reading. He points out that even though the British government doesnt require vaccination of hens against salmonella, 90 percent of egg producers have thei[...]
8. David Isenberg: Veterans 1, KBR 0
   
   Tue Aug 31 21:38:35 2010
   It is time once again to tune in to the latest epsiode, oops, I mean development, of the long running farce, oops, I mean legal case, involving KBR and Oregon National Guard soldiers. Yeterday there was significant pro-veteran ruling in[...]
9. David Fiderer: When Hedge Fund Managers Talk, Andrew Ross Sorkin Transcribes, Uncritically
   
   Tue Aug 31 15:27:51 2010
   You cant buy the kind of free publicity extended by Andrew Ross Sorkin in todays New York Times . Sorkin quotes extensively from Daniel Loebs political rant in, "Why Wall St. Is Deserting Obama, " a 1,200-word piece devoid of critical a[...]
10. Adam Smith on Fords 5 a Day, by David Henderson
    
    Mon Aug 30 11:29:08 2010
    Don Boudreaux has an excellent post taking on the myth that one reason Henry Ford paid the huge at the time daily wage of 5 was that he wanted workers to have more money to buy his cars. Don gives an alternate explanation: that Ford wanted to [...]