…identified in the invisible hand paragraph 9: “he intends only his own security”. The actual “rule” that Smith, incidentally an accomplished mathematician, speaks of, is the arithmetic rule that “the…

…ability to each according to his needs”)”. I mean there ought to be an absolute rule that, while many words can be decently elided we can all agree that “not”…

…through the way his IRS interpreted existing rules and regulations and through how the body of tax rules and regulations changed while he was in office. Going back to 1952…

Ken Houghton wants to sidebar today into looking at the general application and implications of an Accounting Identity: Assets = Liabilities + Equity (A=L+E, or the ALE Rule). Let us…

…there is a rule of style that words are not to be repeated, but given the importance of exact wording in polls I think that rule of style demands inaccuracy….

…didn’t, but I hoped Chris Dodd’s efforts weren’t in vain.) I forgot that the only exception to the “left the Bush Administration with a positive reputation intact” rule was Douglas…

…peak is surpassed until the next peak. The second part of this chart is a basic forecasting rule I developed years ago that recessions– recoveries are symmetrical. That is the…

…tax where the companies get to deduct from their payment every dollar they spend on renewables. But as a general rule, resentment and vengeance are not good foundations for tax…

…ideology of one party rule can not hold if they are to sustain their historic annual growth. And they must sustain the growth because they are such a large population….

…rules, one preempting nearly all state and local consumer laws (the “preemption rule”) [69 Fed. Reg. 1904 (2004)] and the other restricting nearly all enforcement powers of state regulators and…