Scandals Do Drive Voters — When Abuse of Power Is Involved
New research finds financial scandals hurt politicians more than moral ones, and the public particularly frowns on abuses of power.
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#OWS: What Took So Long?
Psychologists tie the reluctance to protest Wall Street bailouts to a deep-seated need to justify the status quo.
#OWS: Have We Entered the Age of Protest?
Popular movements like Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party suggest that mass demonstrations have moved from the last resort of the powerless to the first resort of the newly empowered.
Do the Rich Really Make All the Jobs?
The argument that taxing the rich is bad because they're responsible for making jobs has some merit, says a researcher, but only for a subset of the wealthy — those funding start-ups.
If Postal Service Diversifies, It Can Deliver
Most of the U.S. Postal Service's plans for surviving in the short term come down to cutting costs and not implementing the new ideas its own consultants have called for.
Old Money Caught in the Great Redistribution
How the recession transfers wealth from the old to the young.
Mortgage Interest Deduction on the Chopping Block?
A panel ranging from liberals to libertarians suggests turning the mortgage interest deduction, a sacred cow of the U.S. tax code, into hamburger.
Mortgage Loan Documents Getting an Overhaul
In a sadly unusual move, the federal government shops around simplifications to important loan documents by asking the public to pick a winner from among two designs.
Did the Stimulus Quench America’s Economic Thirst?
Washington dumped torrents of stimulus dollars across the American landscape to keep the U.S. economy from dying on the vine, but most of the spending won't bear fruit until 2015.
Next Economic Stimulus: Everything 20 Percent Off
The next time the U.S. looks at economic stimulus, two University of Delaware economists suggest, it ought to consider offering a hefty discount on every retail purchase.