Daily Archives: May 27, 2010

Economics, Game Theory, Health Care Reform, Politics, Public Policy

Assorted Links (5/27/2010)

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Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately:

 
Judy Shelton: The Recovery Starts With Sound Money – WSJ.com
Source: online.wsj.com
“Judy Shelton writes in The Wall Street Journal that the willingness to work for the sake of future prosperity is a universal human quality, but people must believe there is a link between effort and reward. With public confidence in fiat currencies at an all-time low, now is the time to link the dol…”
 
Dan Danner: ObamaCare vs. Small Business – WSJ.com
Source: online.wsj.com
“Dan Danner, president of the National Federation of Independent Business, writes in The Wall Street Journal on why his organization supports the constitutional challenge to the health-insurance mandate in the new health-care reform law.”
 
Daniel Henninger: A New Age of Reform – WSJ.com
Source: online.wsj.com
“In The Wall Street Journal, Daniel Henninger says the mood in the country suggests that the U.S. may be at the start of an era of political and economic reform.”
 
The Next Financial Crisis
Source: www.thecrimson.com
“Washington, D.C., May 27, 2025. Just four months into his first term, President Scott P. Brown faces what is rapidly becoming a severe financial crisis, with the collapse yesterday of yet another Stable Wind Farm Trust.”
 
Christie for President – WSJ.com
Source: online.wsj.com
“John Fund writes in The Wall Street Journal that Governor Christie is prospering politically despite $5 million in attack ads being hurled against him by public employee unions.”
 
Applying game theory to relationships, MBA, parenting – 4 videos by Barry Nalebuff – Mind Your Decisions
Source: mindyourdecisions.com
“Barry Nalebuff is co-author of three of favorite game theory books Thinking Strategically, The Art of Strategy and Co-opetition.”
 
Government Spending May Hurt the Private Sector – Business – The Atlantic
Source: www.theatlantic.com
“This morning, Tyler Cowen links to an interview with Joshua Coval of Harvard Business School on the…”
 
David Malpass: The Panic, Round Two: What Would Reagan Do? – WSJ.com
Source: online.wsj.com
“In The Wall Street Journal, David Malpass writes that giant pools of capital are sitting idle in unproductive deposits or inflation hedges. They could easily fund job growth if real, after-tax prospects improved.”
 
Should the Government Bail Out Union Pension Funds? – Business – The Atlantic
Source: www.theatlantic.com
“Fox Business has made something of a splash claiming that Senator Casey has introduced a bill to…
“Fox Business has made something of a splash claiming that Senator Casey has introduced a bill to bail out union pensions that will cost $165 billion. Media Matters lashes back, arguing that the bill will only cost $8-10 billion and isn’t a bailout. Who’s right?””