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From View From the Metropole: An interview with Marc Joffe from Public Sector Credit Solutions and his non-profit, open-source credit-rating system.

Good Links

Bloomberg: Fed says U.S. wealth fell 38 percent in 2007-2010 on housing

Federal Reserve: Changes in U.S. family finances from 2007 to 2010

Reuters: Revenues recover, but states still tight-fisted

Rand Corporation: Getting over the privacy hurdle to mileage-based road fees

NYT: Bankers embedded interest-rate swaps in many long-term municipal bonds

Mintz Levin: First bankruptcy filed by a public pension fund

NPR: Judge says pension fund can’t seek bankruptcy protection

Innovation Trail: Map: New York paid developers $1 billion to improve these brownfields

@Twitter Talk

AP Factcheck:If Congress does nothing, the top tax rate returns to same 39.6% rate we had in the ’90s, ow.ly/bv9Sw

— CTJ (@taxjustice) June 11, 2012

Baucus” Flat tax good ideally, but past has showed that with flat tax, those making over $200,000 have a “big windfall”

— LynnHume (@BondBuyergirl) June 11, 2012

NAR: Canadians are biggest buyers of US homes (24%), followed by Chinese (11%), Mexicans (8%), Indians and Brits (6%)realtor.org/reports/profil…

— Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) June 11, 2012

Alabama may take over a school district (Birmingham) but not a troubled county (Jefferson). HT al.com bit.ly/MwxOyL

— Stephen C. Fehr (@scfehr1) June 11, 2012

RT @keystonepol: PA beer tax: 1.78. NY beer tax: 3.11. NJ beer tax: 2.67. DE beer tax: 3.56. MD beer tax: 2.00. MA beer tax: 2.44 #paliquor

— Jane Roh (@Jane_Roh) June 12, 2012