The economy may be going sour and there’s fewer jobs to be had, but there is some good news on the horizon for Generation Y. College loan interest rates will hit record lows at the end of the month.
Category: Political Economy
Corporate Malfeasance.
Frank Rich wonders aloud if all the recent hem-hawing about the Watergate anniversary might be better spent monitoring today’s Imperial Executives. (Thanks, Tim.)
Cooking the books.
Martha Stewart, ImClone insider trader.
That didn’t take long.
Only a year after Dubya’s tax buyoff, the government is in deep.
Death and taxes.
In related news, Daschle opens debate on the estate tax. Sounds like the plan is to raise the exemption so high that the GOP are forced to admit they’re backing the repeal solely for the benefit of their multimillionaire masters. Smart play, particularly in an election year.
Trouble ahead.
Paul Krugman worries aloud about Rovian economic policy, while Tom Oliphant preps for an economic train wreck.
You can take it with you.
The Republican House, with the aid of 40 Dem defectors, vote to kill the estate tax. So where’s the money for Dubya’s new homeland security initiatives going to come from…or anything else, for that matter?