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  4 Ways to Repeat the Mortgage Mess: Peter Wallison

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2013

  Peter Wallison decries Washington's latest “fix” to prevent another repeat of the housing market collapse.

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  New Tax Law, Said to Squelch Giving, Could Actually Boost It

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  March 8, 2013

  An analysis of the new law as part of the fiscal cliff deal finds that it “has negligible effects on the tax incentive for charitable giving.” In fact, it increases the incentive to give.

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  Where the Wind Blows: Renewables in Europe

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 7, 2013

  Progress outpaces U.S., but political storm clouds gather over southern Europe.

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  Lew Has Work Cut Out for Him as Treasury Head

  By Martin Crustsinger, AP Economic writer  |  February 28, 2013

  Jacob Lew is scheduled to be sworn in Thursday as Treasury secretary and will have to hit the ground running.

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  Citing ‘Washington Math,’ Pioneer’s Taubes Sees Little Sequester Drag on GDP

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 27, 2013

  Speaking with Greg Valliere, Taubes says $85 billion in sequester cuts would only slow down economic growth; Valliere sees no significant tax reform for years.

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  SEC Budget Faces $108M Cut Under Sequester; House GOP Blasts SEC’s ‘Misplaced Priorities’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 27, 2013

  Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee criticized the agency Tuesday for “repeatedly failing to fulfill any part of its mission.”

• Who’s Kidding Whom on Bubbles?

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  February 22, 2013

  Two types of bubble metaphor— as inflating unsustainably, and as thick or opaque—have an underlying similarity in that they involve perceptions being distorted.

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  Calls for Crowdfunding Rules Grow Louder

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 19, 2013

  Crowdfunding advocates, small businesses and venture capitalists held an all-day vigil in Washington Tuesday to push for action on crowdfunding rules.

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  Obama Blasts ‘Meat Cleaver’ Cuts as Simpson, Bowles Release New Plan

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 19, 2013

  With little time left until the $85 billion in sequestration cuts take effect, President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Tuesday to avert the “brutal” cuts.

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  What Do We Do as the Rich Get Richer?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 15, 2013

  During the 2009-2011 economic recovery, the richest Americans captured all of the economy’s income gains—and then some, new research shows.