Jim Garven's Blog

Honorable Mentions

For what it’s worth, I am one of 4 Baylor professors “mentioned” in an article entitled “Honorable Mentions” which appears in the current issue of Baylor Magazine.

Christmas at Baylor

Just in time for Christmas, here is a 5 minute, 52 second clip from the “Christmas at Baylor” DVD produced and directed by David Byrd in December 2003. Enjoy!

Assorted Links (10/20/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics and the Financial Crisis

In the World of Banks, Bigger Can Be Better, by Charles Calomiris

“We can solve the too-big-to-fail problem without losing the benefits of a global financial system.”

The jobs battle, by Keith Hennessey A Sickening Deficit, by Alex Brill and [...]

Toyota Commercial Airing in Scotland, Featuring the Loch Ness Monster :-)

Assorted Links (10/12/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics goes to Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson. The New York Times is running an article today entitled “Two Americans Share Nobel in Economics” which puts Ostom’s and Williamson’s intellectual contributions into context. The following [...]

Assorted Links (9/27/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics

A Bug, Not a Feature, by Greg Mankiw Quality Reporting Doesn’t Come Cheap, by Peter R. Kann

Wall Street Journal: “The decline of newspapers is a tragedy for democracy. How can it be stopped?”

Financial Crisis

One Year Later, by Duncan Niederauer

Wall Street Journal: “Reform [...]

Assorted Links (9/24/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Financial Crisis

Bank Pay and the Financial Crisis, by Jeffrey Friedman

Wall Street Journal: “G-20 accounting rules, not bank bonuses, put the system at risk.” Health Care Reform

J&J CFO: Biggest Nightmare Is Public Health Option, by David M. Katz

CFO Magazine: “The most damaging thing the [...]

Assorted Links (9/22/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics and the Financial Crisis

Taxes, Depression, and Our Current Troubles, by Art Laffer

Wall Street Journal: “Tariffs, rising state and federal taxes, and currency devaluation ruined the 1930s, and they could do the same today.”

Foreign Policy

Summits of Folly, by Bret Stephens

Wall Street [...]

Assorted Links (9/5/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics

Why College Costs Rise, Even in a Recession, by Ron Lieber

New York Times: “If you have paid college tuition recently, you probably have questions. Where does all that money go? And why doesn’t the price tag ever fall?”

Disneyland and the Texas Tower, [...]

Assorted Links (9/3/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic): Economics

Customers Angered as iPhones Overload AT&T, by Jenna Wortham

New York Times: “Slim and sleek as it is, the iPhone is really the Hummer of cellphones… Owners of the iPhone 3GS, the newest model, ‘have probably increased their usage by about 100 percent… [...]