Is this really the end of the medium-tax era?

So tomorrow, April 17, is Tax Day. For those still wondering about why it’s on April 17 this year, it’s because April 15 was on a Sunday and today happens to be a state holiday (or a district holiday, if you prefer) in the District Columbia as well as in Massachusetts, which is home to [...]

The Wolf survives the weekend

Paul Wolfowitz is still president of the World Bank. According to the world’s leading source of Wolftroversy news, the FT, several European finance ministers want him out. But given the way power is exercised at the bank, that’s not enough: A senior European official told the Financial Times that unless the White House withdrew its [...]