However, in this article, Madoff argues that Congress should give up on the estate tax, and instead should impose an income tax on inheritance.

FORBES: Should An Income Tax On Inheritance Replace The Estate Tax?

As General Petraeus himself admits, and our briefing this week argues, the change is fragile, and reversible (see article).

ECONOMIST: Iraq

No retailer can afford to delay its response to this downturn in the hope that sales might somehow recover, argues an article by Ashish Kotecha, Josh Leibowitz and Ian McKenzie in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by the consultancy of the same name.

ECONOMIST: American retailing