Links for 2012-04-21

• What Money Can't Buy - WSJ.com
• Cantor considers tax hikes on the poor - Steve Benen
• It’s all downhill for US equality - FT.com
• Giving Shareholders a Voice - Lucian Bebchuk
• How Is Inflation a Highly Regressive tax on Wages? - Dean Baker
• Why Is Tax Code Spending Popular on the Right? - Rortybomb
• Derivatives regulation: Too few cops on the beat - The Economist
• When Factories Close, the Pain Lasts for Decades - WSJ
• The Charitable Deduction: What to Do About It - Ed Dolan
• Innovation Isn’t Easy When it Comes to Medicaid - JAMA Forum
• That Old Tax Magic - Simon Johnson
• A Stain That Won’t Wash Away - NYTimes.com
• Mitt's math - The Economist