A friend on Facebook posted an article about New Jersey outlawing Tesla's direct-to-consumer car sales. My friend was decrying how Gov. Christie is being anti-free-market. And I agree 100%. From what I've been able to see, it's pretty clear that the big conservative...
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Creative deal structure–could it solve the housing crisis?
One of the most essential negotiating skills is the ability to divide up the risk, reward, blame, and credit properly among the parties in a negotiation. One of the reasons many people are so outraged at the financial collapse brought about by the real estate bubble...
How to Set Boundaries at Work
Get more work done if you get more play done. Learn to set firm boundaries at work, so you can concentration on work when needed, and life when needed.
Are people good or bad? It’s literally a self-fulfilling expectation.
I've noticed that underlying a lot of political discussions is a fundamental belief about human nature. Some people believe people are fundamentally self-interested. They won't work unless paid, and helping the downtrodden is something one does to impress one's...
What problems are markets the answer to?
I am a proponent of free markets for the things that markets are good at. Markets are great at pricing things whose future attributes are relatively predictable by the market players, and that don't require a decision-making time horizon greater than the market trade...
Global meltdown: Bush saves the day! (in 40 minutes!)
Meetings! I just love meetings ... no, I don't. I hate meetings. But perhaps that's just because I'm no good at running them. According to an MSNBC article today, Bush met with the leaders of 20 countries Saturday night. To quote the article: "After the almost...
Greenspan? Rapidly approaching status of “bad joke” in my mind.
According to a New York Times article about Greenspan and his policies today, Greenspan is defending his stance on derivatives (he was pro-derivatives) by saying the whole imploding economy is because of people acting in bad faith in the markets, but the deregulated...
Election 2008: Blech. Where’s the wisdom?
I've been watching the election with bated breath. Well, ok, I've been watching it mainly with a feeling of disgust. There's been hour after hour of talking heads evaluating the horse race and ignoring issues. Or at best, they whine about how the media is ignoring...
How we explain success may be different from what really causes it.
I was reading Steve Salerno's "anti-SHAM" blog as he was commenting on Hillary's speech at the DNC last night. He didn't think much of her story. She told a story of her success, he said, that may have been a tad... biased. That got me thinking about how much our own...
Science has worked so well that superstition now reigns supreme
I grew up in the era of the Apollo moon launches. One of my earliest memories is traveling to Cape Canaveral and watching from the beach as one of the missions was launched towards the moon. It was pretty incredible. Despite frequent moves and attending six schools...