Month: October 2009

To commemorate what was roughly the start of 1929’s Great Crash, the blog, News from 1930, is giving a quick summary for each day during the week, in addition to…

Well, "the judge as IBM machine," of course!   But then it was used as, "judges aren't IBM machines."  This I learned by reading a brief essay on "The Law…

Duke Law Professor Arti Rai will oversee legislative, congressional, and international matters as the Patent and Trademark Office's new administrator for external affairs. Stories in The BLT and NationalJournal.com, among…

Reason features a debate this month: Libertarians traditionally have viewed coercion, especially when institutionalized in the form of government, as the main threat to freedom. But cultural pressures outside the…

  Yesterday's New York Times ran a story about the Walt Disney company offering refunds on Baby Einstein DVDs sold in past years in response to complaints that not only…

From the FT, John Meriwether setting up new hedge fund.  Most readers will remember Meriwether as one of the principals of LTCM, whose 1998 collapse triggered a wave of panic…

Steve Levitt explains through quiz the disagreement over the SuperFreakonomics climate change chapter. Paul Volcker and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King urge break up of big banks. Ben Bernanke…

From the NY Times.Yesterday’s NY Times Room For Debate commentary addressed Kenneth R. Feinberg’s pay plan, which calls for significant pay cuts (50 percent on average) from the 25 top…

The November issue of SmartMoney Magazine profiles the "power 30," a list of powerful and influential movers and shakers.  The list breaks down into five categories:   government, finance and Wall…

At the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, N.C.  Featuring barbecued chicken, fried chicken, and “all the sides,” plus a burning of satanic music and books, which includes bibles that…