Archive for January, 2012
Capitalism and Slavery Don’t Mix
Posted on January 31, 2012
In 1956, Kenneth Stampp, a historian from the University of California at Berkely, wrote the seminal book about slavery. Called The Peculiar Institution, the book destroyed the myth of a...
Read StoryThe GOP Primary Decoded
Posted on January 31, 2012
This originally appeared in The Hill The Republican Party seems to be in a state of complete chaos. Right-wing conservatives, like Ann Coulter, bitterly attack Newt Gingrich, while Tea Party...
Read StoryThe Income Inequality Myth
Posted on January 30, 2012
A smart guy emailed me over the weekend with a very provocative assertion: All of this income inequality stuff is over-blown political rhetoric. He makes a compelling case. Instead of...
Read StoryNo More Goldman Sachs Bailouts
Posted on January 29, 2012
Sanjeev Mehra, Chairman of the Board of Hawker Beechcraft and a top executive at Goldman Sachs was memorably quoted as saying “the rumors of the death of private equity are...
Read StoryMitt the Mexican
Posted on January 27, 2012
There were two really good moments for Mitt Romney is last night’s debate. One was his smack-down of Newt Gingrich’s moon colony remarks. I am in favor of a moon...
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