Also of Interest

• The Bernanke difference

  The mild May jobs report should serve as yet another reminder to President Obama and Congress that the U.S. labor market is suffering a Long Emergency.

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• Welcome to the recovery: Year five

  Happy fourth anniversary, America. June 2009 marked the official end of the Great Recession - as reckoned by the National Bureau of Economic Research - and the beginning of the current recovery. So, how are we doing?

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• Fix, don't flatten, the tax code

  If the sluggish U.S. economy wasn’t reason enough for tax reform, the ongoing IRS scandal demonstrates how a devilishly complex tax code enables government mischief.

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