Carmen Segarra, secret tapes, amd Goldman Sachs
…old guard at the New York Fed, which is particularly deeply tied into Goldman. For instance, the current president, William Dudley, had been Goldman’s chief economist) and has a bias…
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Public Works, Economic Stabilization and Cost-Benefit Sophistry
…benefits in cost benefit analysis, Karl William Kapp’s book The Social Cost of Private Enterprisewas published, inspired by and elaborating on J. M. Clark’s analysis of cost shifting. “As Kapp…
Hillary Clinton Finally Announces Her Campaign Message: She’ll Run as Sarah Palin.
…because the grandmother is a grandmother.) The Politico article quotes a tweet by Weekly Standard editor William Kristol yesterday: “Am I the only one who finds Hillary’s #GrandmothersKnowBest hashtag not…
To fix or not to fix: Jeffry Frieden’s “Currency Politics”
…(the “Populists”) united the farmers, miners and other groups in supporting a bimetallic standard, and in 1896 joined the Democratic Party in supporting William Jennings Bryant for President. Bryant’s loss,…
Iraq was JEB’s War: Started by the Dim Son Instead
…resolve to shape a new century favorable to American principles and interests? Elliott Abrams Gary Bauer William J. Bennett Jeb Bush Dick Cheney Eliot A. Cohen Midge Decter Paula Dobriansky…
Yes, Brad, He Has
…the three firms where I worked that failed in spectacular displays of mismanagement, the chronicler of the failure goes from Gillian Tett to William D. Cohan. It’s like having Robert…
The Futility of low interest rates to save the already Marginalized
One who makes comments on Angry Bear, William Ryan, said… “Besides I thought we have been in a slump since 2008 haven’t we?( I guess it depends on what sector…
Paul Krugman Hits It Home [Updated]
…here—and as William D. Cohan made clear in an article on Politico Magazine late last week and as Luke Brinker of Mic illustrated on Monday (my two posts link respectively…
Democrats and Progressives need to accept the likelihood that their nominee will be facing Trump in November. And they need to seriously consider what that actually means. [Edited. Cringe-inducing cut-and-paste typo corrected**.]
…fear of electoral disaster in November if Sanders is the Dem nominee. But as I pointed out here and here—and as William D. Cohan made clear in an article on…
For Merle
As with William Shakespeare, born and died on the same calendar day….