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The top of today's reading list has the latest from Emmanuel Saez on income inequality ........ and the last article is a lengthy bio of Aaron Swartz.

Follow up:

• Taxing Away Inequality:  A Conversation with Emmanuel Saez (David Grusky, Boston Review)  See GEI News.

• Tamed Dragon Supply Ship Arrives at Space Station (Marcia Dunn, Associated Press)  Read other GEI News stories about SpaceX.

• Stunning List of Economists, Financial Experts and Bankers Say We Need to Break Up the Big Banks (Washington's Blog)  More than 50 well-known names are on this list.  Washington's Blog is a Global Economic Intersection contributor.  See also Business Insider article about Senate action.

• Five Critiques of Arthur Laffer's Supply-Side Model Show Tax Cuts as Junk Economics (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy)  There is a sixth:  See GEI News.  Hat tip to Naked Capitalism.

• Is the college student in this story your Congressman? (The Political Commentator)

• Obama Renews Offer to Cut Social Safety Net in Big Budget Deal (Reuters)  Hat tip to Soft Currency Economics.

• It's Always the Best Time to Buy (Jim Quinn, The Burning Platform)  Hat tip to Sig Silber.

• There's Nothing Strange About The Huge Run Up In Gas Prices (Sam Ro, Business Insider)

• Five Steps for Gaining Control of Your Investments and Avoiding Mistakes (Carl Richards, AAII)

• Requiem for a Dream (Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker)  An in depth bio article about Adam Swartz.  Read also GEI News article.