Economics

My must reads for May 1, 2012

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Why do they hate Paul Ryan? Because he believes entrepreneurial capitalism delivers the goods — and is good for your soul | WSJ

“The only way we have discovered to raise people out of poverty is the institutions of capitalism, and those institutions allow inequality.” | James Otteson

“If the GM bailout is such a success story, why can’t it pay back its debt to taxpayers?” | IBD

If Washington wants to help manufacturing, it should do less | Hemphill & Perry

“Saez and Picketty are really starting to annoy me now.” | Scott Sumner

Competition, the one Medicare cost control that Obama won’t try | Peter Suderman

How to take Medicaid off steroids | Thomas Miller

U.S. mortgage lessons lost in student debt policy | Dan Indiviglio

Why the world needs more Canada | Alex Tabarrok

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