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Social Security Suspending Annual Benefits Statements For Most Americans

Alan M. White
March 22, 2012 11:49

Do you like receiving in the mail those annual statements from the Social Security Administration telling you how much money you will receive when you retire? The statements explain how much you will get if you take "early" retirement at...Do you like receiving in the mail those annual statements...

Peter Murray: Could the French Notary System Have Prevented the Subprime Meltdown Here?

Alan M. White
March 22, 2012 00:26

Peter L. Murray of Harvard has written French Notaries and the American Mortgage Crisis, a book chapter. Here's the abstract: The crisis in real estate mortgage lending that erupted in the United States in 2007 shook the foundations of the... Peter L. Murray of Harvard has written French Notaries...

The Sixth Circuit Upholds The FDA's Graphic Tobacco Labeling Rules

Alan M. White
March 21, 2012 21:36

Here is one of the FDA's new graphic labels slated to appear on cigarette packages if the courts say that's okay: We've blogged on this topic many times, including recently, when Judge Richard Leon of the D.C. federal district court...Here is one of the FDA's new graphic labels slated to appear on...

The Moral Limits of Markets

Alan M. White
March 21, 2012 04:04

At this blog, we are concerned -- rightly I think -- about advancing policies that will improve consumers' economic well being. The idea is that, to a point, economic well being is a good in itself and can enhance other...At this blog, we are concerned -- rightly I think -- about advancing policies...

Shouldn't Federal Menu Labeling Rules Apply to Junk Food Sold at Movie Theaters?

Alan M. White
March 20, 2012 17:47

As the Center for Science in the Public Interest explains: [I]n 2010, Congress passed a law to post calorie information on menus and menu boards at chain restaurants, on vending machines, and at other establishments with restaurant-type food, like movie...As the Center for Science in the Public...