Month: May 2010

Time for a couple of pictures of fences.  First ,a few from my last visit to Athens, Georgia.  The fence around the historic UGA campus: Then a fence around Thomas…

Sachs is much more positive about the ability to bring PIIGS deficits under control and avoid restructuring than other commenters. Unfortunately, he doesn't elaborate on the reasons for such optimism.…

 Yesterday, in How Would Greece Restructure Now?, I asked Lee Buchheit (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton) to summarize the possible impact of the European Central Bank’s recent €26.5bn government bond…

Prompted by this post from earlier this week:  Name the pair of brothers, each of whom is a member of baseball's Hall of Fame.Pictured:  Card #5 in the Topps 1988…

Brian Bromberger, who in recent months announced that he would be retiring this summer as dean of the law school at Loyola University New Orleans, passed away last night.  Bromberger,…

"I never enjoyed income tax. Anyway, I use TurboTax now, so who cares? Just kidding!""Procedure.""Estates and trusts.""Tax.""Commercial Law - UCC.""Property (which is why I teach it. ???).""None of them posed…

 A few weeks ago, we asked when Greece would restructure and noted that the emerging consensus seems to be that they will eventually have to do so.  The real question…

Long-time (and close) followers of the faculty lounge may recall that one of my great interests is families across several generations -- the Winthrops, the Pynchons, the Adamses,Francis Daniel Pastorius…

Lavelle Porter, writing for the CUNY Graduate Center Advocate, has authored The University On Screen:  The Top 10 Academic Films.  In his opening remarks, Porter states:  "In this par­tic­u­lar list…

The Center For Law, Economics And Finance At The George Washington University Law School Inaugural Junior Faculty Business And Financial Law Workshop And Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes Sponsored by Schulte…