Nick Shaxson Entirely Misses The Point Of Comparative Advantage
Sure, we can forgive people for not grasping the point or detail of comparative advantage. It is, after all, the only non-trivial and non-obvious...
Beware Of Business Fashions
Goldman Sachs And Boards Of Old, White, Straight, Men
Women belong in the boardroom - maybe
Goldman Sachs has announced that is the board of directors...
Laurence Kotlikoff On What Really Produced The Recession And Crash – No, Not Bad...
It's not necessary to entirely agree with this analysis to grasp and agree with the underlying point being made. It was the structure of...
Wondering whether an idea is actually correct or not
There's an idea out there which seems intuitive but then so many ideas do seem that way. It;s whether they actually hold up in...
Doesn’t This Just Kill The CEOs Are Overpaid Argument
There are those who insist that CEOs are overpaid. What shareholders do with their own money is not, of course, something to be determined...
Maple-suckers
Sometimes what you read makes your eyes pop out of your head. And, no, it isn’t the salacious gossip about Justin Bieber and his...
That Qatar Fundraising Was Fine – Barclays Not To Be Charged
It would appear that the saga is over. Barclays is not to be charged over the Crash induced refinancing they gained from Qatar. That...
Shutting Stock Markets Is Damned Idiocy
Investors are panicking. The markets are in freefall. Companies are on the brink of collapse, and stock indices are flying in every possible direction....
A Particularly Stupid Analysis Of UK Government Borrowing Costs From Richard Murphy
If only any one of the Tre Professori knew what they were talking about. For Richard Murphy, who does indeed hold three professorial positions...
The Finnish Experience – Happiness Is Financial Illiteracy
We're told that Finland is financially illiterate, so much so that the central bank is desperately trying to teach people how to count their...