Now this is innovative. A phishing attempt couched as anti-phishing: Message for existing BancorpSouth Customers : Phishing Scam Alert! E-mail messages that look like they come from a financial institution that ask you to update or send them your personal information are ?phishing? for you! Because of this incident we decided to temporarily deactivate all …

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Brad DeLong derides an NYT column in which John Tierney dismisses Al Gore’s new film and suggests a carbon tax to solve America’s overuse of gasoline. In a comment, “Anne” makes a very good point: These last years we have watched as the tax system has slanted away from the wealthiest even as the wealthiest …

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