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  Taxes and the States: Which Take the Biggest Bites?

  By Mike Patton  |  April 1, 2013

  Governments are always looking to tax, and in these states, you can expect to find steep taxes on wireless services, lottery winnings, property and more.

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  U.S. Fiscal Policy and the Debt Ceiling: A Troubling Scenario

  By Mike Patton  |  January 7, 2013

  Raising the debt ceiling is neither inherently good nor bad, but in a slow-growth economy, can we continue to service our growing debt?

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  President Romney’s Cabinet: Who Would He Choose?

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 25, 2012

  If Gov. Romney wins the election, his Cabinet will take a very different direction on economic policy than Obama’s. Here are some of the choices to head those key posts.

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  Da Bulls and Da Bears: The See-Saw Market and Prospects for QEIII

  By Mike Patton  |  June 11, 2012

  Following a good week in the markets, what's next? A look at prospects for more quantitative easing, and why it would only be a stopgap measure.

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  Finding the Culprits of the Crisis

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  April 25, 2012

  Derivatives expert Janet Tavakoli takes a hard look at what — and who — caused the financial crisis.

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  Why Washington Remains Graveyard of Bipartisan Dreams: News Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  March 30, 2012

  Despite the pious talk of deficit-cutting centrists about the need to stop kicking the can down the road, a grand compromise will likely elude us until a leader emerges, Democrat or Republican, who can win over a large majority of the public to his vision of our society.

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  Return to Gold Standard Gets Political Play

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 6, 2012

  Newt Gingrich made news last month when he pledged to appoint gold bugs Lewis Lehrman and James Grant to a new commission that would explore the feasibility of returning the U.S. to the gold standard.

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  Which Side of the Profession Debate Is the FPA On?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  November 9, 2011

  While the FPA is still struggling to overcome its trade association roots, the bigger picture is that it’s moving in the right direction on many fronts.

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  Pull the Trigger

  By Mike Patton  |  November 1, 2011

  A GDP trigger is something that has an effect on the rate of GDP.

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  Lose One for the Gipper

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2011

  Apparently we’ve got the go-ahead to begin calling this “the Obama recession.”