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DE RUGY: The ‘debate’ over global poverty continues

The new "Global Justice Report" by the World Inequality Lab in France -- which calls for caps on economic growth in rich countries, top income-tax rates of 90% and a World Sovereign Fund to redistribute wealth to the Global South -- has reignited one of the oldest debates in economics: How do ...

BARONE: Not following the example of President James K. Polk

A president orders the onset of hostilities — war — without authorization of Congress and without much in the way of making a case with the public. His troops win important victories and decapitate large parts of the government of the enemy. But in the enemy capital, no one surrenders or ...