Archive for January, 2012
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Capitalism and Slavery Don’t Mix
Posted on January 31, 2012
In 1956, Kenneth Stampp, a historian from the University of California at Berkely, wrote the seminal book about slavery. Called The Peculiar Institution, the book destroyed the myth of a...
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The GOP Primary Decoded
Posted on January 31, 2012
This originally appeared in The Hill The Republican Party seems to be in a state of complete chaos. Right-wing conservatives, like Ann Coulter, bitterly attack Newt Gingrich, while Tea Party...
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The Income Inequality Myth
Posted on January 30, 2012
A smart guy emailed me over the weekend with a very provocative assertion: All of this income inequality stuff is over-blown political rhetoric. He makes a compelling case. Instead of...
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No More Goldman Sachs Bailouts
Posted on January 29, 2012
Sanjeev Mehra, Chairman of the Board of Hawker Beechcraft and a top executive at Goldman Sachs was memorably quoted as saying “the rumors of the death of private equity are...
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Mitt the Mexican
Posted on January 27, 2012
There were two really good moments for Mitt Romney is last night’s debate. One was his smack-down of Newt Gingrich’s moon colony remarks. I am in favor of a moon...
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