Commentary & Opinion

September 1, 2010 Turning Water Rights Into Reality

Source:John Sauer, The Huffington Post

Last month the UN General Assembly declared access to water and sanitation a human right. This might seem strange if you live in the US as you are accustomed to having instantaneous access to safe drinking water and the...

August 18, 2010 How American Stimulus Creates Jobs in China Rather Than America

Source:Business Insider

Andy Xie has an interesting angle on why U.S. stimulus won't work this time around, and we've decided to run with it. Essentially, the world is too globalized today, whereby demand remains local but 'supply is global'.

August 10, 2010 6 Reasons to Temporarily Extend the Bush Tax Cuts to the Rich

Source:The Atlantic

The next big battle in Washington will be whether to extend the Bush tax cuts, and if so, how. The Obama administration has made it crystal clear that, while it wants to extend the cuts for the middle class, it intends to let...

August 9, 2010 A Slowdown in Trade, but a Pickup in Services

Source:Flloyd Norris, NY Times

THE rebound in trade that bolstered world growth in late 2009 and early this year appears to have ended, leaving the manufacturing sector in many countries with the prospect of slower growth.

August 3, 2010 Bernanke Speech "Challenges for the Economy and State Governments"

Source:Streetsider.com

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's prepared speech at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments, Charleston, South Carolina August 2, 2010:

August 2, 2010 With Friends Like This ...

Source:Gretchen Morgenson, NY Times

IS it a blinding statement of the obvious to say that trust in the world’s banks has suffered lately? Indeed, just when you think you’re ready to move past the steady drumbeat of disconcerting revelations, something else crops up...

August 2, 2010 Obamacare Only Gets Worse Upon Further Review: Commentary by Kevin Hassett

Source:Bloomberg

One of the more illuminating remarks during the health-care debate in Congress came when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told an audience that Democrats would “pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it, away from the fog of...

July 30, 2010 In Basel, Eternal Work In Progress

Source:Floyd Norris, NY Times

Never again. That is a feeling felt strongest when the pain is fresh. Delay dulls the senses. It has been three years since the credit crisis began to blossom, and nearly two years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the...

July 22, 2010 Free Trade With Panama – U.S. No—Canada--Yes

Source:Robert R. McMillan

A few weeks ago Canada signed a free trade deal with Panama. At the same time, the trade deal between the United States and Panama, signed in 2007, has yet to be approved by the Congress. How can that be when President Obama...[more]

July 16, 2010 Afghanistan Unnecessary -- Trade War Necessary

Source:Sen. Fritz Hollings, The Huffington Post

To have been editor of the Harvard Law Review and a Professor of Law, President Obama is a slow learner. By the time President Obama raised his hand to take the oath of office, President Bush and the Federal Reserve had increased...

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