Earlier this week Larry Pope, president and chief executive of Smithfield Foods of Virginia, insisted that “we are very comfortable that our pork is safe,” and that “we know of no pigs that are sick, no people on those farms that are sick and no people in our plants [who are sick],” and the U.S. [...]
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Should Tax Increases Be Permanent?
April 29, 2009
There’s a very interesting conversation going on at the Financial Times about whether there is an argument for higher taxes in the long-term. While we must give Martin Sandbu credit for sparking a thought-provoking debate, he makes the mistake of over-simplifying the basic question at the heart of the problem;
What will be the consequences of [...]