Web links for 12th November 2009

12 Nov 2009, by ToUChstone blog in Web links

• Close fiscal deficit with Chaps tax
  Adam has a post up at Comment Is Free: “A small levy on the large transactions that pass through the bank-to-bank payment system would be prudent and just”
• Contra Cameron on Society
  Hopi Sen adds to the Cameron speech debate
• Cameron fails poverty fact-check
  Next Left reports on David Cameron’s recent speech
• Cautious good cheer
  Stephanie Flanders: “When Mervyn King does cautious optimism, you can keep the emphasis on cautious.”
• A feminine economy?
  Stumbling and Mumbling: “Our economy is becoming increasingly feminized. That’s one message of today’s labour market figures.”