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Cox to Head SEC, Sarbanes-Oxley, and SFAS 123

…much more investor- and business-friendly manner than did his predecessor William Donaldson. At times, Donaldson appeared to be contributing to an overly hostile regulatory climate for business. Watch Cox reverse…

If the National Review Determined Monetary Policy

…market still has slack. Said St. Louis Fed president William Poole in a May 11 speech, “Although unit labor costs edged modestly higher over the second half of 2004, growing…

Crony Capitalists of the World – Unite

…a Crony Capitalist Manifesto, William Buckley repetitively asks “whose money is it” as he appears to put equity holders and bond holders ahead of workers if the future profits of…

Defending China’s Pegged Exchange Rate

William Kucewicz tries to argue over at NRO that “China’s dollar-pegged exchange rate has been one of the bright spots of the international monetary system of the past decade”. His…

Rich Lowry Redefines Wealthy

…making over $100,000 a year impact the middle class, but someone making $30,000 a year is wealthy. Update: William Buckley wants George W. Bush to define his Social Security proposals…

David Altig’s Defense of Cato’s Free Lunch Claim

…Return? that Steve Forbes, the Heritage Foundation (see William Beach and Gareth Davis. “Social Security’s Rate of Return”), and the Cato Institute were pushing this free lunch claim and then…

George Will’s Holy Trinity

Let’s join William Polley in celebrating the life of Pope John Paul II. We might also mourn his death as we are assured he has now joined the Lord that…

Free Trade: Bill Buckley v. Lou Dobbs

It would seem that William Buckley has decided to show the kids over at NRO how to an oped on economics as he blasts Lou Dobbs for being a trade…