In a move much akin to Luke Skywalker’s attack run on the Death Star, President Obama signed the so-called “Credit Cardholder Bill of Rights” that will cr...
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For a while, the real estate market was the top priority of media outlets as it ...While many of us in the United States still think of our economy as being in sha...Earlier this week President Obama introduced a plan to use excess money from the...
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It’s been a couple of weeks since I last posted, and in that time there has be...The fear of seeing someone double-dip in your homemade guacamole pales in compar...Two nights ago author and New York Times columnist Aaron Sorken was the guest on...
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For a while, the real estate market was the top priority of media outlets as it ...President Obama and prominent lawmakers met yesterday in an attempt to reconcile...While news of substantial third-quarter GDP growth and a slowing of new unemploy...
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When Obama was running for the presidency he campaigned on several issues, none ...It’s taken over a year and a half, but Congress has finally come together and ...It’s been a couple of weeks since I last posted, and in that time there has be...
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New Plan Aims to Stifle Rampant Foreclosures
By James Gelfer on March 26, 2010 | No Comments
For a while, the real estate market was the top priority of media outlets as it became apparent that it was at the heart of the financial collapse. As the initial wave of coverage subsided, real estate took a back seat to health-care reform and the well-publicized public outcry over the practices of... -
Three Bills That Could Reshape the Economy
By James Gelfer on March 19, 2010 | No Comments
There are three bills making headlines this week that have the potential to reshape our economy, and, ironically enough, the “jobs bill” will likely have the least impact on jobs. Earlier this week President Obama signed the bipartisan jobs bill into law, but this piece of legislation, aimed at ... -
Rethinking Rational Self-Interest
By James Gelfer on March 12, 2010 | No Comments
In the wake of the near collapse of the financial system, many people are beginning to question the merits of a free market economy. One of the cornerstone principles of free market capitalism is that people will act with rational self-interest. This concept states that an action is good when it max...





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