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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Bailed-Out Firms to Face Ceiling on Compensation


“US President Barack Obama is poised to reveal details of new rules limiting executive pay to $500,000 a year for firms getting a US taxpayer bail-out.” (BBC News, Wednesday)



Maybe if they pile on enough rules, firms won’t take the money.



FEE Timely Classic

“Regulation” by John A. Pugsley


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.