Saturday, February 24, 2018

Novartis Invested for Bribery in the E.U.: On the Ethics of Suffering

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Two former prime ministers, the central bank governor, and the federal commissioner for migration stood accused by prosecutors in the E.U. ...

Constricting Debate in the Public Square: The Case of Gun Control

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The managements of large corporations attempt and, I submit, often succeed at keeping the most financially threatening alternatives in publ...

The First Multiracial U.S. President: Leadership as Personified Symbol over Political Advantage

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Barak Obama had a tendency to modify his manner of speaking, and even his dialect, to fit with his audience. Listening to his speech to the...

The Commercial Media as Gate-Keepers Looking Down on Bloggers as "Non-Journalists"

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In a few days during July in 2010, the American media was obsessed with Shirley Sherrod, who in a tightly edited video clip had made appare...

The UN Court Obviating War: The Ruling on Kosovo's Independence

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The UN’s highest court ruled in 2010 that Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia did not break international law. President Hisas...

Upside-Down Corporate Governance at AIG

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I contend that Robert Benmosche, CEO of AIG, had an incorrect understanding of corporate governance when he told Harvey Golub, then-chairma...

On the Strategic Use of Regulation: Financial Reform at the Bequest of Wall Street

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According to The New York Times, Wall Street bankers were busy working on how to weaken the regulations or otherwise profit from them befor...

Presidential Leadership

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In the wake of the failure of the joint congressional committee that was tasked with coming up with a proposal to reduce federal deficits o...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

On Educated Representatives and Large Districts: A Critique of Democracy

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Democrat Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson said during an Armed Services Committee hearing in late March, 2010 that Guam would be in danger ...

God's Gold on Wall St.: A Vaunted Self-Assessment of God's Work

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A year after the financial crisis of 2008, Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs,  found himself vilified for his firm’s quick return t...

Physicians and Lawyers: On the Presumption of Ignorance

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It would surprise virtually every American (but only a few Europeans) to know that neither the JD nor the MD degree is a doctorate.    Eac...

Corporate America's Apathy toward Federalism

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In October of 2009, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee voted to give the federal government the power to block the states from reg...

Off Target: Corporate Spending as "Speech" against Gay Rights

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In a 5-4 decision on January 21, 2010, the US Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United  that federal restrictions on corporate spending in el...
Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Instant Gratification Rules in American Fiscal Policy

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With an expected deficit of $1.2 trillion for 2018-2019, the U.S. Government in December, 2017 enacted a tax cut with an expected revenue l...
Sunday, February 11, 2018

Foreign Policy in International Business: BP Trading a Libyan Terrorist for Libyan Oil

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, claimed in July of 2010 that the UK government should investigate what role BP played in Britain’s decisi...