Last summer the stock market panicked. This winter it rallied – yet not much has really changed. Why timing does not work.
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Vermonters Buy Into A Constitutional Mess Of Pottage
There is a surprisingly fine line between a town meeting and mob rule.
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The IRS Goes Back To Playing Politics
A long-ago public servant resisted when Nixon used the IRS against his opponents. We need someone like Donald Alexander today.
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A Management Failure That Could Cost $168 Million
Was it an operating room or ‘Animal House?’ A jury gives a $168 million answer.
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Pension Self-Deception Is A New York State Of Mind
New York borrows from its pension to pay its pension bills. “Amortization” is another word for self-deception.
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Larry Elkin in CNN Money
CNN Money, March 12, 2012Larry Elkin responds to Andrew Ross Sorkin’s criticism of AIG.
Recouping Taxpayer Investment In AIG
Taxpayers still have $50 billion sunk into AIG. The Treasury’s tax concessions will get that money back sooner.
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Rising Professionals Need Financial Help Too
Life comes at you fast. The decisions you make between ages 25 and 35 will perhaps have the most significant impact on your success later in life – especially financially.
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Framing Our Biases In The Primaries
The way we ask a question often determines the way we answer it. How to avoid drawing the wrong lessons from Super Tuesday?
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When I Had All The Answers
Ex-Goldman employee Greg Smith may learn that the older you get, the less of everything you know.
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