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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 10, 2015 bloombergview.com

NATIONAL The Editors: "When it comes to America's homeless, there is not enough government help to go around. This grim truth has led to a bipartisan congressional proposal for a new strategy -- but the approach wouldn't do anything to help the homeless, and it would do more harm than good."Read more... JOBS Justin Fox: "The monthly employment reports issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics contain vast troves of industry-level data that is usually almost entirely ignored in the subsequent media coverage." Read more... EDUCATION Peter R. Orszag: "It's hard to believe that Governor Scott Walker's proposal to cut $300 million from the University of Wisconsin's budget over the next two years would allow the school to maintain its quality." Read more... EUROPEAN ECONOMY Clive Crook: "Has the European Central Bank made itself the judge of which countries remain members of the euro area?" Read more... CITIES Megan McArdle: "The problem with using your police force as a stealth tax-collection agency is that this functions as a highly regressive tax on people who are already having a hard time of things." Read more... NEWS ROUNDUP Katie Benner (Read the news roundup) Apple glows with a nearly holy light these days: Read more... Palantir bought the startup retail data-management platform Fancy That:Read more... Snapchat may yet prove that not all press is good press: Read more... Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup) Most innovative companies 2015: Read more... Hedge funds keep winning despite losing: Read more... Shark Tank: The lost pitches: Read more... Jonathan Bernstein (Read the news roundup) Dan Drezner at PostEverything on Barack Obama's emphasis one conomic sanctions: Read more... Kristin Fabbe at the Monkey Cage on Turkey and "secularization in reverse": Read more... Julia Azari at Mischiefs of Faction on what happens with Mitt Romney out: Read more...