Bailout

Counterparties

By Felix Salmon

Carnival cruise lines has paid just 1.1% in taxes on $11.3 billion in profits over the past 5 years — NYT

Charting happiness in Egypt and Tunisia — Gallup

Scratch-off lottery games can be broken — Wired

The Case for Ignoring the Stock Market — NYT

Govt?s Loan Mod Program Crippled by Lax Oversight and Deference to Banks — ProPublica

What happens when the Tea Party meets fiscal reality. It’s always so much easier to be in opposition — Reuters

Congestion pricing is back! — NYDN

Full post as published by Macroprudential on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).