Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic):

Economics and Public Policy

• How to Destroy American Jobs, by Matthew Slaughter

“Obama’s proposals for increasing the tax burden on U.S.-based multinationals would harm our most dynamic companies.”

• From bail-out to bail-in, by Paul Calello and Wilson Ervin

“…Paul Calello, the head of Credit Suisse’s investment bank, and Wilson Ervin, its former chief risk officer, propose a new process for resolving failing banks.”

• Stop! (from The Economist)

“The size and power of the state is growing, and discontent is on the rise.”

Foreign Policy

• Where Is America in Asia’s Future?, by Claude Barfield

“Recent events and trends within Asia may well portend a stepped up pace for Asian regionalism—and heightened danger that the United States will find itself on the outside looking in.“

Politics

• How to Make a Weak Economy Worse, by Amity Shlaes

“FDR’s war against business showed that a president must choose between retribution and economic recovery.”