Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Starbucks Takes a Hit for Supporting Gay Marriage

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In J anuary 2012, Starbucks joined Microsoft and Nike in publicly supporting the same-sex marriage bill in the U.S. state of Washington. ...
Monday, June 3, 2013

Erdogan Renovating Istanbul: Turkish Prime Minister or Mayor?

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Istanbul is the historical seat of three empires, the last of which being the Ottoman Empire . Following World War I, which ended that Empi...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Genetically-Modified Foods: Health in the E.U. and Rights in the U.S.

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With regard to genetically-modified (GM) foodstuffs, an interesting cultural difference between Americans and Europeans surfaces. Even th...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Federalism on Different Levels: Switzerland Capitulates to the E.U.

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In 1960, Switzerland was one of the two founders of the European Free Trade Association . All of the countries participating in that free-t...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Merkel Siding with China against the E.U.: Federalism Imploding?

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In May 2013, German Chancellor Angela Merkel interjected herself into the brewing trade conflict between the E.U. and China. At issue was t...
Friday, May 24, 2013

Taxes and Health Insurance: The United States Diverge Toward a Stronger Union

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One of the main benefits of federalism is that it allows for both the tremendous power that can come from member states taking a united s...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Jamie Dimon Wins Stockholder Vote: Exploiting Conflicts of Interest Undercuts Fairness

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Chairman of JPMorgan since 2006 and CEO a year longer, Jamie Dimon faced down a daunting stockholder vote on May 21, 2013 on whether he sho...
Monday, May 20, 2013

President Obama as Chief Executive? Too Busy Leading and Legislating to Catch the IRS

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Has the presidency become too big for one person? This question was salient in the 1970s, as Americans endured Nixon’s Watergate plight, Fo...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Global Warming Reaches Critical Threshold

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Sources: Background Picture: hherbzilla on Flickr Stats and "before/after" picture: Brian Merchant, " This Is Life i...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Hollande Proposes Economic Government for Euro-Zone: Muddying the Water?

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At a press conference marking French President Francois Hollande’s first year in office, the powerful head of the large E.U. state called f...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

A "Banking Union" or Coordinated State Laws and Regulations?

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A subtle though important difference exists between American and European federalism, each of which covers both the "kingdom" (...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Bloomberg News "Speed" Journalists Exploiting Terminal Subscribers: On the Failure of Firewalls

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In 2012, I was stunned to hear an official of Deloitte place all his faith in the internal firewalls that he had constructed in the CPA fir...

Obama Mimics Cameron's View of the E.U.

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President Obama has said he “wants a strong UK in a strong EU.” In his joint news conference with David Cameron of the EU state of Great Br...
Thursday, May 9, 2013

Big Banks Opposing Anti-TBTF Regulations: A Conflict-of-Interest

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Being able to count on a person or company thereof having sufficient motivation to provide a self-defense is no feat, for self-interest is...
Monday, May 6, 2013

Does Austerity Work?

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Does raising taxes and cutting government spending reduce a government’s deficits and thus debt? Confine consideration to more tax revenue ...