Discussion at Crooked Timber on ‘what are markets’
…of arguments over the term neo-liberalism and finishes with: For what it’s worth, I think that the open information agenda, and the political inequality agenda have a lot more in…
…of arguments over the term neo-liberalism and finishes with: For what it’s worth, I think that the open information agenda, and the political inequality agenda have a lot more in…
…several things worth noting about Gingrich’s release of the couple’s tax information. 1) this is only a single year’s return–2010. George Romney, Mitt’s father, famously began the more transparent information…
…a kind that communicates an idea, opinion, demand, information relevant to democratic debate, etcetera, or a kind that better fits the category of being merely an instrumentality of transactional conduct….
…What are the solutions? We need reform that provides real transparency. Congress should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act like everyone else. We need more detailed financial disclosure…
…in the graph below. Figure 2. Note that all the information contained in Figure 2 was available by the time Reagan took office. If the information in Figure 2 is…
…single price eliminates much of the information. Once that information is reduced to a single data point, you can’t actually re-create it. We’re left guessing at what forces are at…
…not held by inappropriate organizations and that appropriate information was provided. Qualified mortgages had to satisfy a loan to value ratio and had to be contributed to the REMIC either…
…center—the King Hussein Cancer Center—now includes the word “cancer” in its name and provides access to consultations, information, and treatment for people who live near the center and those who…
…massive new round of fundraising to address the flood. “Not one child I talked to knew how old they were.” Information must be disseminated by radio—need portable radios. Water purification:…
…1990s under well-established principles, but nevertheless accepted the idea that “unforeseen innovations” such as computer programs might need to be treated as patentable in accommodation of “Information Age” technologies. These…