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My jet is bigger than yours

From Exile, an article on The Economist as the world’s sleaziest magazine. A Smackdown for the Ages! Jonathan Chait and Grover Norquist debate supply side economics. From The Wall Street Journal, a review of The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan. An interview with David Vogel, author of Kindred Strangers: The Uneasy Relationship Between Politics and Business in America. A review of Robert Reich's Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life and Robert H. Frank's Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class. Spending more for a little solace: If people don't use expensive high-end features, why do they pay more to get them? My jet is bigger than yours: High-end private jets are all the rage among business leaders. When the rich make too much: Is it time for a maximum wage?