Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: FASB’s Tort Bar Gift – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “The Wall Street Journal editorial board on the accounting group’s proposal to require companies disclose the potential costs of litigation.” Alex Epstein: Obama Follows Nixon on Oil Spill – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “In The Wall Street Journal, …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Mike Huckabee on politics, Christianity, Israel : The New Yorker www.newyorker.com Interesting New Yorker article about former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee… Will the U.S. Hand Chavez a License to Kill? www.american.com “Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez’s record of providing money, arms, political …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Taking apart the federal budget www.washingtonpost.com “(Graphically) Explore the various facets of the government’s budget and see how revenues and spending have changed over time.” Basically, this is a lesson in real world public finance in only 5 slides! Michael Boskin: Obama’s Economic Fish …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Jenkins: Blowouts Will Not Always Be Prevented – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “In The Wall Street Journal, Business World columnist Holman Jenkins says Americans are curiously unwilling to acknowledge known risks.” A Moratorium, Drilled – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “The Wall Street Journal writes on a federal judge’s …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Douglas E. Schoen and Patrick H. Caddell: The United States of Throw the Bums Out – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “In the Wall Street Journal, Douglas Schoen and Patrick Caddell write that the best thing Republicans have going for them among voters is that they’re not …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Stephen A. Blumenthal: It’s Time to Nationalize Fannie and Freddie – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “In The Wall Street Journal, Stephen A. Blumenthal writes that any solution that allows private companies to have a special relationship to government is destined to fail.” Think Smarter About Risk …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Rory Sutherland: Sweat the small stuff | Video on TED.com www.ted.com “It may seem that big problems require big solutions, but ad man Rory Sutherland says many flashy, expensive fixes are just obscuring better, simpler answers. To illustrate, he uses behavioral economics and hilarious …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Burton G. Malkiel: Entitlement Reform and the Global Budget Crisis – WSJ.comSource: online.wsj.com“Burton G. Malkiel writes in The Wall Street Journal that putting Social Security on a sustainable path isn’t nearly enough to end our entitlement shortfall. But it would do a lot to …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Charles Krauthammer – A disaster with many fathers “Obama is as responsible for the Gulf as Bush was for New Orleans.” Academics on What Caused the Financial Crisis – Real Time Economics – WSJ “The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on Friday and …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Report: Majority Of Government Doesn’t Trust Citizens Either Source: www.theonion.com “According to the poll – which surveyed members of the judicial, legislative, and executive branches – 9 out of 10 government officials reported feeling “disillusioned” by the populace and claimed to have “completely lost …
