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• The Jobs Speech Obama Should Give
  AOTC: Solving unemployment requires stripping away unnecessary regulations, encouraging entrepreneurs, and restructuring the American economy.
  Anthony Randazzo
  September 8, 2011
• The Fed's QE Makes Life Difficult
  How quantitative easing is helping investors but hurting households
  James Groth and Anthony Randazzo
  August 25, 2011
• Ending a Failed Social Policy
  A Case for Dropping the Mortgage Interest Deduction
  Anthony Randazzo and Dean Stansel
  August 19, 2011
• The Myth of the Middle Class Mortgage Deduction
  The mortgage interest deduction no longer primarily benefits the middle class
  Anthony Randazzo
  August 5, 2011
• Reviewing Geithner's Financial Reform Principles Regarding Dodd-Frank
  A year has gone by since the Treasury Secretary unfurled his plan, and it is clear that regulators cannot walk Geithner's talk
  James Groth and Anthony Randazzo
  August 3, 2011
• The Falling Middle Class Deduction
  AOTC: Most of the benefits of the mortgage interest deduction are no longer for the middle class
  Anthony Randazzo
  August 2, 2011
• The Failure of Quantitative Easing
  A perfect storm brews on the economic horizon while the Fed looks the other way.
  Anthony Randazzo and James Groth
  July 15, 2011
• Minnesota's Misguided Cigarette Tax
  Minnesota failed to fix its budget with a cigarette tax in 2005. And the state will fail if tries again.
  Anthony Randazzo and Carson Bruno
  July 8, 2011
• A New Blueprint for Recovery
  AOTC: What Ails the Economy Today and What to Do About Fixing Tomorrow
  Anthony Randazzo
  July 8, 2011
• The Turkish Model and Jasmine Revolution
  Turkey is not a perfect blueprint for Arab nations seeking reform
  Amanda L. Patterson and Anthony Randazzo
  July 7, 2011
• The Debt Ceiling Walks the Red Carpet
  If Congress and the president can't agree on spending cuts, they should consider ending Fannie and Freddie in exchange for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling.
  Anthony Randazzo and Satya Thallam
  June 27, 2011
• Fatma Caught Between Secularism and Liberalization
  What the re-elected Turkish government should do about its headscarf ban
  Stephanie Brewster and Anthony Randazzo
  June 17, 2011
• Renters are Fiscally Responsible Too
  Three reasons renting should be a part of the American Dream
  Anthony Randazzo
  June 14, 2011
• Affordable Housing Means Your House Is Worth Less
  Consumer advocates have their priorities backwards.
  Anthony Randazzo
  June 9, 2011
• Obama's Success Hinges on Turkey's Upcoming Election
  What the June 12 Turkish elections mean for the Middle East and global finance
  Anthony Randazzo
  May 25, 2011
• Bin Laden and the Budget Debate
  Will the Al Qaeda leader's death impact the unfolding political battles over defense spending and the debt ceiling?
  Anthony Randazzo
  May 4, 2011
• The Myth of Homeownership Wealth Creation
  AOTC: Homeownership is a decent savings account that grows with inflation, but it is not a wealth builder as many believe
  Anthony Randazzo
  April 26, 2011
• The Fate of the Mortgage Monsters
  A great diagnosis of Fannie and Freddie, a weak prescription
  Anthony Randazzo
  April 18, 2011
• Housing Finance Reform Creeps Forward
  After three years of ignoring the mortgage monsters, House Democrats now think Congress is moving too fast to get rid of them.
  Anthony Randazzo
  April 8, 2011
• A Treasury GSE Management Failure
  It is time for Treasury to fulfill it's management responsibility of GSE debt issuances
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 24, 2011
• A Dysfunctional Fix to a Dysfunctional System
  The new mortgage servicing regulation proposals are good for regulators, bad for homeowners.
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 18, 2011
• Downgradocalypse 2015
  AOTC: How out of control debt could tangibly hurt America
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 17, 2011
• US Missing Huge Opportunity by Not Opening Up Trade With Turkey
  Free trade would mean lower prices on goods here in the US, better opportunities for American companies, as well as increased employment.
  Joshua Newell and Anthony Randazzo
  March 11, 2011
• Housing Finance Reform: The Three Actions Politicians Could Take
  It's possible that real reform could take root. But it will be a tricky minefield to cross to get there.
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 4, 2011
• The End of Fannie and Freddie
  Obama plan offers Tea Party and GOP a chance to privatize housing market
  Anthony Randazzo
  February 21, 2011
• Time to Write Off the Mortgage Interest Deduction
  Congress should take the bold step President Obama didn't on housing subsidies
  Anthony Randazzo and Jesse Kline
  February 18, 2011
• How to Start the Housing Reform Process
  Ten ideas to reform mortgage finance in the near-term while laying the ground work for long-term changes
  Anthony Randazzo
  February 10, 2011
• Libertarian Support of the Tax Compromise
  Why libertarians should be uneasily in support of extending the Bush-era tax laws
  Anthony Randazzo
  December 16, 2010
• The Other Big Debate This Election Cycle -- The 'Wets' vs. 'Drys'
  State monopolies on liquor sales don't create safer societies than states with privatized sales
  Anthony Randazzo and Jason Mercier
  November 1, 2010
• Leaving Taxes or Candy on the Table
  Research suggests sin tax projections in Washington will just create a heavier tax burden and leave the state needing to make future cuts
  Anthony Randazzo and David Godow
  October 25, 2010
• The Tax Man Cometh
  Obama's tax plan will hurt small businesses and damage the economy.
  Anthony Randazzo
  October 15, 2010
• Basel Accord Redux Redux
  The Basel III Accord—a third revision of capital regulations in three decades—won't have enough of an impact on Wall Street to dissuade another financial crisis.
  Anthony Randazzo
  October 6, 2010
• Towards an Alternative Regulatory Culture
  Ideas for fixing Dodd-Frank when the time comes
  Anthony Randazzo
  September 27, 2010
• Tax Policy Manipulation Won't Fix the Economy
  President Obama's tax plan is full of holes and flawed analysis; the GOP's alternative is not much better
  Anthony Randazzo
  September 15, 2010
• Breaking Down the Derivatives Market
  The new rules governing derivatives trades don't address real problems
  Anthony Randazzo
  September 7, 2010
• Lost and Found
  Taking Inventory of the Public’s Real Property Assets
  Anthony Randazzo
  September 2, 2010
• China's Looming Real-Estate Bubble
  A massive Keynesian spending program has misallocated capital and set the stage for a crisis
  Anthony Randazzo and Shikha Dalmia
  August 23, 2010
• Dissecting the Geithner View on Housing Reform
  Secretary Geithner is making too many assumptions before the housing debate begins
  Anthony Randazzo
  August 19, 2010
• More Fed Power Won't Save the Economy
  After failing to catch the last bubble the Fed and Treasury have been selected to stop the next crisis... really?
  Anthony Randazzo
  August 4, 2010
• Ignoring the Gigantic Subprime Elephants in the Room
  The Dodd-Frank Act kicked the can down the road on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform
  Anthony Randazzo
  July 29, 2010
• Too Much Confidence
  Bernanke Wants Us to Trust His Poor Record
  Anthony Randazzo and Marius Gustavson
  June 30, 2010
• Senate Fails Government-Sponsored Rating Agency Reform
  The Franken amendment to the Senate banking bill will make the rating agency problem worse.
  Anthony Randazzo
  May 19, 2010
• Congress Didn't Learn Anything From the Financial Crisis
  Dodd bill hands more power to failed regulators and guarantees "too big to fail" bailouts
  Anthony Randazzo
  May 4, 2010
• Coming Up Short
  What Michael Lewis’ The Big Short gets right—and wrong—about the financial meltdown
  Anthony Randazzo
  April 26, 2010
• How to Repopulate Cleveland And Other Once-Great American Cities
  Fix education, promote bottom-up redevelopment, and leverage the value of the private sector
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 19, 2010
• How Cities Can Take Care of Businesses
  Uncovering problems with tax codes and licensing regimes
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 17, 2010
• Deflating China’s Bubble
  Damned if they do, damned if they don’t
  Marius Gustavson and Anthony Randazzo
  March 10, 2010
• Bulldozing the American Dream
  It’s time to kick Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of the housing market
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 8, 2010
• The Myth of the Recovery
  The White House claims the economy is on the mend. That’s a fantasy.
  Anthony Randazzo
  March 1, 2010
• Don't Break the Banks
  Why Obama's plan to reinstate Glass-Steagall is a terrible idea
  Anthony Randazzo
  February 12, 2010

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