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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…

Rule of Law

…Why “The Rule of Law” and an Independent Judiciary is important today. Joyce Vance Civil Discourse “People value the Rule of Law because it takes some of the edge off…

Paul Volcker Feb.20

rdan No fat tail. Nor black swan. Nor once every 100 year occurrence. (Hat tip reader CMike) Forbes has Volcker’s complete remarks below the fold, lifted directly from Forbes and…

Volcker rule vote today?

…of the regulations remain unfinished — the Volcker Rule became a litmus test for the overall strength of the law. … The five federal agencies writing the rule — the…

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…

Inflation Targets and Rewriting History

…was argued, ad nauseum, that clear simple verifiable rules were key to successful monetary policy. That argument was repeatedly rejected by Volcker and Greenspan by their words and Volcker’s deeds….