David Cay Johnston
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David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize-winning independent investigative journalist and author, formerly of The New York Times. His best-selling books include Free Lunch, Perfectly Legal, and Temples of Chance. He teaches at Syracuse University College Law and writes columns for Tax Notes and The Nation.

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Really Bad Reporting -- Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Dispute

Posted February 24, 2011 | 15:39:21 (EST)

Economic nonsense is being reported as fact in most of the news reports on the Wisconsin dispute, the product of a breakdown of skepticism among journalists multiplied by their lack of understanding of basic economic principles.

Gov. Scott Walker says he wants state workers covered by collective bargaining agreements to...

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Playing With Fire -- The Sham of Pipeline Safety Regulation

Posted December 14, 2010 | 09:09:30 (EST)

Do you know whether you live, work, shop or play near a high-pressure pipeline like the one that blew up Sept. 9 in the San Francisco Peninsula town of San Bruno, killing eight people, burning 60 more, destroying or severely damaging 120 homes and leaving a crater 40 feet deep?

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Tax Favors, IBM, and the Murder of Vernon Hunter

Posted March 3, 2010 | 15:33:45 (EST)

This article originally appeared in Tax Notes, a publication of Tax Analysts.

Vernon Hunter served two tours of duty in Vietnam, raised a solid family, and, according to family and coworkers, had he not been killed when a tax denier flew his plane into an IRS office building...

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GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People

Posted September 23, 2009 | 16:14:33 (EST)

Atop the front page of the New York Times today is a color photo of Georgia homes flooded up to their rafters, an image that illustrates how when it comes to insurance our Congress applies two standards, separate and unequal, one for property and a lesser one for people.

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