The bigger the bank, the weirder the income

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Adam Copeland at the New York Fed has a great new paper out about how bank holding companies — the big conglomerates like JPMorgan and Citigroup that were made possible when the wall separating commercial and investment banking was torn down in 1999 — get their money. He separates their revenue into three sources. On the… Read more »

Daniel Tosh Rape Joke Controversy Gets Weirder: Comedian Reportedly Rushing To Cut Rape Jokes From New Series

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While the biggest story in the politics world this past week has been about a company that allegedly made much of its money raping other companies, the biggest story in the entertainment world has been about rape itself. Or, more specifically, jokes about rape. Popular comedian Daniel Tosh set off an absolute whirlwind of controversy… Read more »