Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics Peter Schiff provides some fascinating commentary on the American Samoan economy and the assortment of unintended consequences associated with the imposition of the federal minimum wage by the US Congress (recorded January 17, 2010):
Financial Crisis and Public Policy
The President’s Bank Reforms [...]
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Finance
Restoring Faith in Financial Markets, by John C. Bogle
“It is time institutional investors exerted control over publicly held companies.”
Financial Crisis and Public Policy
Obama’s Double-Dealing Bank Tax, by Holman Jenkins
“…it’s a formula for turning the banks into what Fannie and Freddie have [...]
Intrade.com maintains an actively traded market for futures contracts which pay 100 points (where 1 point = $.10) in the event that a specific contingent event occurs and 0 points otherwise. Thus, prices represent “risk neutral” event probabilities. I have previously blogged about how useful prediction markets can be in assessing political events such as election [...]
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Foreign Policy
Obama Contra Niebuhr, by Joseph Loconte
“Supporters of President Obama’s ‘moral realism’ are unaware of many elements of Reinhold Niebuhr’s political theology.“
Health Care Reform
The Health Lady Has Yet to Sing, by Kim Strassel
“ObamaCare is still no sure thing.”
The High Cost of [...]
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Financial Crisis
The Cloning of Fannie and Freddie, by Jonathan Koppell
“It’s safer to break up the biggest banks than have the feds guarantee them against failure.”
The Price for Fannie and Freddie Keeps Going Up, by Peter Wallison
“Barney Frank’s decision to ‘roll the [...]
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Culture
The Miser versus the Entrepreneur, by Jay Richards
“Why is Ayn Rand so popular today?”
Economics
Happy 99th Birthday, Ronald Coase, by Steve Landsburg Keynes vs. Hayek: Late Economists’ Hip-Hop Legacy
Finance
Two Decades Later: Nikkei and Lessons from the Fall, by Vaclav Smil
“Twenty years ago this [...]
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Art, Music, and Culture
The High Cost of Ignoring Beauty, by Roger Scruton
“Architecture clearly illustrates the social, environmental, economic, and aesthetic costs of ignoring beauty. We are being torn out of ourselves by the loud gestures of people who want to seize [...]
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics
Paul A. Samuelson, Economist, Dies at 94, by Michael Weinstein
The Economy
Tax Cuts Might Accomplish What Spending Hasn’t, by Greg Mankiw
“LIKE our doctor facing a mysterious illness, economists should remain humble and open-minded when considering how best to fix an ailing economy. [...]
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Financial Crisis and Public Policy
Wall Street Reform Hits Main Street, by Gregory Zerzan
“A bill in the House threatens to impose a massive tax on America’s most successful companies by subjecting them to bank-style regulation.”
Do We Really Need a Systemic Regulator?, by [...]
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): The Economy
The President’s new economic proposal, by Keith Hennessey
Health Care Reform
The Imprecision Behind Mammogram Guidance, by Carl Bialik
“Recent Research on Breast-Cancer Screening Incorporates Wide Margins of Error; Scientists Defend ‘Qualitative Assessment’”
Public Policy
A Transaction Tax Would Hurt All Investors, by Burton Malkiel [...]