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Greenspan Protesteth Too Much

Cross and guest post by Raymond L. Richman ofTrade and Taxes Greenspan Protesteth Too Much Raymond L. Richman Alan Greenspan in his op-ed in the Wall Street Journal 3-11-09 entitled…

Greenspan on the US’s External Imbalances

Today Alan Greenspan gave an address to a central bankers’ conference in Frankfurt — at the end of a week that has seen the dollar plumb new depths of weakness…

Catching On

…catching on to Greenspan: Greenspan did President Bush two big favors this past week, endorsing the president’s calls for fundamental reforms in Social Security and tax policy. Greenspan said the…

Forbes and the "Self-Made" Label

by cactus Forbes and the “Self-Made” Label I’m kinda busy these days, but this topic is small pet peeve of mine: what the heck is up with Forbes and the…

Off label drug pushers

…have to submit articles.” Off-label use of drugs is big business. According to The Wall Street Journal, “[FDA] is stepping into a high-stakes business issue, because off-label uses of prescription…

National Review Accuses Greenspan of Luddism

Luddism is attributed to English workers in the early 1800’s who felt technological progress threatened their jobs. I seriously doubt that Alan Greenspan is a Luddite, but Thomas Nugent writes:…

Mike sends a response to rdan on off-label drugs

…unreasonable cases, but if it is reasonable that the off-label use of the drug might have caused the damage, then the encouraged off-label use would lead to an assumption of…

Greenspan on the Current Account Deficit

Greenspan gave a speech earlier today in which he talked about the US current account deficit. Shorter Greenspan: The ability of the US to keep running a huge and growing…