The Worden Report
Monday, October 23, 2017

On the Unfairness of the Bonus System on Wall Street

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Craig A. Dubow, Gannett’s former chief executive, had a short six-year tenure that was, by most accounts according to The New York Times , ...

Two Conflicting Views of E.U. Federalism: Accounting for Brexit

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"You have lost a good opportunity to shut up," Sarkozy said to Cameron during a bitter two-hour exchange which held up a meeting ...

Inequality in Corporate Capitalism: Beyond Redistribution

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I contend that a concern that too much income or wealth is concentrated “at the top” in the U.S. does not necessarily translate into a dema...

Chinese Censorship: Beyond the FCC in the U.S.

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Regarding the Chinese government’s attempts to rein in microblogging and television programming, the  New York Time s  observed in 2011, “...

China’s Strategy: Divide the Vulnerable E.U.

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During the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787, delegates from the sovereign states feared that foreign states would seek to divide thei...
Thursday, October 19, 2017

The SEC and the Courts on Wall Street Settlements in 2011

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The SEC enforcement staff, including its chief, Robert Khuzami, decided to kick a gift horse in the mouth rather than to “take a lesson” an...

A U.S. Visa Fast-Track For Rich Investors

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The New York Times reported in December 2011 that affluent foreigners had been rushing to take advantage of a U.S. immigration program. The...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

The Kurds Betrayed: Iraq Retakes Kirkuk with U.S. Backing

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For some reason, people tend to assume that the status quo has been around for a very, very long time—that it enjoys the perk of longevity....
Monday, October 16, 2017

Climatic Presumption: What is the Forecast?

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Al Gore stated that we face a choice regarding whether the earth’s ecological system will remain viable for our species.  He cites the carb...

Paul Samuelson: The Model 20th Century Economist

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Paul A. Samuelson, the first American Nobel laureate in economics and the foremost academic economist of the 20th century, died at the end ...

An Ethical Dilemma for Cell-Phone Companies? Drivers Who Text & Talk

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Long before cellphones became ubiquitous, industry pioneers were aware of the risks of multitasking behind the wheel. Their hunches have be...

Flavor of the Month: Achilles' Heel of American Democracy?

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The New York Times Sunday Magazine  ran a feature toward the end of 2009 on Joe Biden, who was then Vice President of the United States.  B...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

Google’s Philanthropy: $1 Billion to Tech-Train America’s Unemployed

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In October 2017, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, announced that the company would give $1 billion over the next five years to nonprofit organ...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

De-Funding Obamacare

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It is odd that even after a bill becomes a law, it can be defunded, thereby effectively killing it even though it has not been voted down. ...

A Bit of Federalism in ObamaCare

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Senator Ron Wyden has written to government officials of Oregon to encourage them to “come up with innovative solutions that the Federal go...
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