Friday, September 23, 2011

Meg Whitman at HP: A Leader or Manager?

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Referring to the appointment of Meg Whitman as CEO of HP, Ray Lane, chairman of the board, said, “We are at a critical moment and we need r...
Monday, September 12, 2011

Fiscal Training-Wheels for the E.U.

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The government of the E.U. state of Greece announced on September 11, 2011 that its cabinet had decided to impose a new property tax to cov...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

On the Perils of E.U. States Being In Charge

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Wolfgang Schäuble, the finance minister of the state of Germany, does not mince words when it comes to the state of Greece sticking to its ...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

E.U.: Ever Closer Energy

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Günther Oettinger, the energy commissioner at the E.U. Commission (the E.U.’s executive branch), said at a news conference on September 7,...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The German Court in the E.U.: Exasperating or Mitigating Germany's Veto in the E.U.?

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Did Angela Merkel violate the property rights of residents in the state of Germany by agreeing to the initial bank bailout in the E.U.? Sho...
Monday, September 5, 2011

Federalizing Fiscally: E.U. looks to Early U.S.

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I suspect many Europeans would bristle at the suggestion that Europe could learn a thing or two from American history. If the E.U. correspo...

AOL Ignores TechCrunch’s Conflict of Interest

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According to The New York Times , “When Michael Arrington, the editor of the popular Web site TechCrunch, told his bosses at AOL that he w...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Nietzsche on Bank of America

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The positive correlation between incompetence and unethical conduct at companies is striking, for, theoretically at least, a person can be ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Angela Merkel: Leading Germany in the E.U.

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In the E.U. state of Germany, Angela Merkel had her work cut out for her in getting her coalition to carry the German House, or Bundestag. ...
Monday, August 29, 2011

In the Eye of the 24/7 News-Cycle: Profits & Attention-Seeking

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For abo ut a week toward the end of August 2011, the news networks in the U.S. seemed utterly captivated, or obsessed, with Hurricane “Irene...
Friday, August 26, 2011

The Payroll Tax Cut: A Luxury?

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As U.S. deficits and thus the federal government's debt had been increasing since the Clinton Administration in the late 1990s, proposal...

Social Media in the UK: Protests and Criminal Activity

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Officials from the E.U. state of Britain met with representatives of Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry on August 26, 2011 “to discuss volunt...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Refinancing Mortgages: Only for the Rich?

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According to the U.S. Government, prices of homes with government-backed mortgages fell 5.9% in the second quarter of 2011 from a year earl...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

States Bypassing the E.U.: A Problem for Federalism?

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In August 2011, opposition was mounting among state governments to the Finnish-Greek bilateral deal wherein Greece would pay Finland 500 mi...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Eurobonds: The Solution to the E.U.’s Debt Crisis?

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One possible solution to the E.U.’s debt crisis may be debt issued by an E.U. government agency and vouched for by all 17 state governmen...