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"Black Tuesday" and "Happy Days Are Here Again" at 80

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Income Distribution, Labor Unions, Black Tuesday, Tax Rates, Happy Days Are Here Again, 1929 Stock Market Crash, Socialism, Capitalism, Free-Market Economics, Barack Obama, Recession, Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Crisis Mccain, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

In what must rank as one of the most ironic coincidences in history, "Happy Days Are Here Again" was recorded on the day that was to be called "Black Tuesday" and become synonymous with the with the onset of the Great Depression.

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An Estate Tax Victory By Any Other Name

Chuck Collins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Warren Buffett, Anti-Tax, Estate Tax, Income Distribution, Wealth, Death Tax, Bloomberg, Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Chuck Collins

Sometimes you can't declare victory until the other side concedes defeat. That's what happened Monday in the decade-long struggle over the future of the estate tax, our nation's only levy on inherited wealth.

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Income Inequality Widens, Poor Take Big Hit During Recession

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Income Distribution, Census, Income Gap, Income Inequality, Economy, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans ...

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