US Economy - Interesting Issues

Jumpstarting US Manufacturing

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/12/AR2010081204920.html

Inflation – Measurement Issues

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/08/13/after-the-tape-whats-really-going-on-with-cpi/tab/print/

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/08/14/number-of-the-week-insults-and-injury-for-renters/tab/print/

Tax Breaks - Mortgage Interest Rates 

(A provocative, yet economically rational, idea would be to get rid of mortgage interest rate tax deductions; it is in fact the costliest tax break in the US)

http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/14/pf/taxes/mortgage_interest_deduction/index.htm?postversion=2010041504