Outsource Term Paper Grading to India ??? Already Happening


This fascinating little item in “The Choice,” the New York Times regular feature on different aspects of Higher Education,

Krugman in NYTimes Magazine: Building A Green Economy


In this full-length feature, our favorite economics columnist – except, of course, when it comes to China and currency values 😉

Murdoch Sets Up “Web Subscription” Scheme for Newspapers


News International, the British arm of News Corp., said two of its publications, The Times and The Sunday Times of London, would begin charging readers using its Web sites in June.

News International, the British arm of News Corp., said two of its publications, The Times and The Sunday Times of London, would begin charging readers using its Web sites in June.

Swiss Banks Mourn As US Tax Transparency Dramatically Increases


Gretchen Morgenson is one of our favorite financial writers on the New York Times, responsible – along with colleague Louise Story – for breaking those “hidden in plain sight” stories about Goldman Sachs’s various machinations with derivatives,

Legalize It ??? Pot As Cure for California Fiscal Disaster ???


Perhaps only in California could a group of marijuana smokers call themselves fiscal realists.

And yet, faced with a $20 billion deficit, strained state services and regular legislative paralysis, voters in California are now set to consider a single-word solution to help ease some of the state’s money troubles: legalize.

A Carbon Index for Financial Markets?


EconomyWatch.com reader and Worldwatch Institute (worldwatch.org) publisher from Brazil, Eduardo Athayde, has sent us this thought provoking piece:

China – Green Technology Leader: Has the Future Arrived?


27 March 2010  By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com

27 March 2010  By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com

For the last several months, several observers including ourselves have noted that – whatever is going on at the “lower-value-added” end of the manufacturing and technology scale –

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Healthcare Reimbursement


Health reimbursement programs enable an individual to claim compensation against out-of-pocket medical expenses paid by them from their insurer. In case of employer-sponsored healthcare plans, the employer reimburses the expenses to the employee. The employer, in exchange, is entitled to several tax advantages, sanctioned by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).[br]

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