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Let us see if we can translate my previous post on job selection into an economic model.

Forget the Eurozone for just a minute. Japan’s problems are big: Toyota is a major exporter/employer

by Rebecca Wilder Beginning of the year economic blues in the US? I think so.

Robert Waldmann It’s alive As far as I can see the Snowe plan worst tax ever free rider provision to prevent employment of people who need jobs provision is included. Any company with 50 or more employees that does not offer coverage and whose employees access taxpayer supported health programs will be required to help offset the costs to the American taxpayer.

by Linda Beale How much do the wealthiest Americans make, and how much do they pay in taxes? Bloomberg.com’s Ryan Donmoyer has a brief story out on recent IRS statistics of income.

by Brenda Rosser cross posted from Econospeak with permission of author. Global Trade Imbalances as a Statistical Artifact : Today, the latest spin that purports to describe the still unfolding global economic crisis is that of ‘global trade imbalance’, with particular attention being focused on the US and China.

by cactus A Graphical Look at the National Debt in the Bail-out Era Apologies for the lighter than normal posting, but things have been very hectic around here. Aside from some health issues facing my wife and work being particularly interesting right now, I’m reviewing a lot of stuff that is coming back fast and furious from the illustrator for my (our, actually, as I have a co-author) book which comes out later this year

Even more than Digby on CalPERS, the one piece everyone should read today is Charlie Stross on International Travel . Since this is an economics blog, let’s pull a key section: Here’s the rub: security is a state of mind, not a procedure

by run75441 Breaking The Healthcare Cost Curve Quite a bit of the commentary has been written on the question of how-to-rein-in rising healthcare costs and to slow costs to less than the rate of inflation. Massachusetts has been able to provide healthcare to its citizens but still struggles with keeping healthcare insurance costs low and affordable

Robert Waldmann Wow “Leninism in the USA” got 71 comments. OK I’ll up the ante to Stalinism and hope for even more. This is an open thread.