October 28, 2009 3:38PM 

# Wednesday Links 

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- How Washington’s plans [may result in *even higher* executive pay](http://bit.ly/2qQUZn). 
“In 1993, Congress intervened in corporate compensation and messed things up. Now it’s the White House’s turn.”

- [The case for allowing insider trading](http://bit.ly/mkSed): “Want to keep companies honest, make the markets work more efficiently and encourage investors to diversify? Let insiders buy and sell.”

- [Cato v. Heritage on the Patriot Act](http://bit.ly/25XGss), Round III: “In hindsight, did Congress and the president react too hastily in 2001 by passing the Patriot Act just weeks after the 9/11 attacks?”

- Instead of fixing the Patriot Act, President Obama [is protecting it.](http://bit.ly/26oYfi)

- Twenty years later: [Why the Berlin Wall fell](http://bit.ly/1PSF21).

- Podcast: “[Financial Privacy and Freedom](http://bit.ly/3BcRYm)” featuring Prince Michael of Liechtenstein.

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