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Why Unwinding QE Won’t Matter

…Let me translate that into my words: If the CB unwinds QE by trading bonds for “money,” “sopping up” “cash” (those are all “so-called” quotes) from the private sector, the…

Adam Smith on Corporatism

…than any private copartnery can boast of. According to a recent Etoro review, the trading stock of the South Sea Company, at one time, amounted to upwards of thirty-three millions…

Conservative roots of Obamacare

…it requires trading away today’s wants for tomorrow’s needs. The mandate is about personal responsibility — a hallmark of conservative thought. Kleinke argues that Romney’s incoherence on health care stems…

Patents, innovation, asset class, and weapon

…oil.” Ron Epstein, chief executive of Epicenter IP Group, agreed that pricing patents, especially large portfolios, was difficult. But he said he thought corporate trading in patents would become more…

But then again…

…unmotivated leadership (ex in the safe realm of insider trading cases) and long-term budget starvation leading to serious skills atrophy, or whether the SEC really, truly, is so deeply intellectually…

Tax Policy Center* Says Romney Lies

…moving from the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world to one that is comparable to our trading partners.” Yep that’s the way to convince the public. Note that,…