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by Felix Salmon
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Feb 24 2009 11:44pm EDT

Extra Credit, Tuesday Edition

Killing (or Maiming) a Sacred Cow: Home Mortgage Deductions: Ed Glaeser thinks they should start to be reduced now. He's right.

Did Court Ruling Prolong Stanford Probe? Scotus ruled in 1982 that CDs aren't securities, which made SEC investigations that much tougher.

The Next Chapter for Google.org: Seems to be much more modest.

Tangible Common Equity for Beginners

AmEx Encourages Cardholders to Leave: $300 for maxed-out cardholders who close their accounts and pay them off in full.

Organic foodies love Obama again: With the appointment of Kathleen Merrigan to USDA.

Don't Blame The Quants, Felix: "Leave the geeks alone. They merely prove what the suits want them to prove." Undoubtedly true. But the argument is weakened by its detour into bashing climate science.

That Old Master? It’s at the Pawnshop: The rise of lending against fine art.

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