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Scott Jagow Aug 27, 2009

What’s the difference between Cash for Clunkers and the first-time home buyer tax credit? Not much, when you think about it. And that’s just one of the things on today’s breakfast menu:

Cash for Clunkers and the home tax credit – it’s all the same (Bruce Krasting)

Equities: As good as it gets? (Dead Cats Bouncing) We’re reaching a critical juncture for the stock market. And I love the name of this blog.

So much for biofuels (Wall Street Journal) I guess it was a fad.

How to pay Bernanke’s bonus (Bloomberg)

The spend and borrow economy: when does it end? (Nouriel Roubini/Forbes)

Nothing can touch my electric 409 (NPR) Cool story about electric drag racing cars. They’re beating the gas-guzzlers.

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