hot potato
With international markets still reeling from the “sub-prime meltdown” and investors already bracing for...
Category Archives: in other words
change the policy
With YouTube now participating in presidential primaries and digital media poised to overtake traditional...
walking
An indictment of the sedentary class, excerpted from an 1862 essay by Henry David...
preemptive defense
“Now that an immediate peril is not plainly visible, there is a natural tendency...
who knew?
The Ford Foundation’s Values and Grant Letter The Ford Foundation and the organizations that...
to kill a mockingbird
Sober words from one of this primary’s lesser known Democratic candidates, on the benefits...
the price of liberty
Spending taxpayers money on a massive military offensive has its own unique economic consequences,...
commencement
Words of worldly wisdom from the Commander in Chief at the Coast Guard Academy...
the darker side of ethanol
As politicians and investors cast their enthusiastic support behind the legislation and technology necessary...
obama’s long tail
Speeches like this remind us of why partisan politics is often no better than...
principal’s message
“During 1967 we were proud to identify ourselves as Canadians. In celebrating our country’s...
the big boom
Another great piece of well-deserved fear-mongering from the keyboard of a financial doomsayer, who...
all that glitters
November 23, 2006—More dour news about the coming financial apocalypse, this time by noted...
creature comforts
This piece in the OpEd section of the Wall Street Journal could be written...
shanghai’d
Recent reports have pegged open interest in the world’s largest IPO at nearly US$400...
if looks could kill
“It’s hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what’s wrong with...
the first stone
Another topical analysis from the team over at Stratfor. This time, they tackle a...
brain drain
Economics is converging with everything these days, from the environment to the grocery store...
serenity now
Morgan Stanley’s chief global economist adds his voice to the growing choir of doomsayers,...
what?
(q-tip waxes philosophic, as lord of the tribe…) — abbridged What is...