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March 2, 2010
Oliver Stone’s latest attack on American capitalism – “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” is finally hitting theaters April, 2010, twenty-three years after its predecessor. According to Michael Lewis, who interviewed the moviemaker for his latest…
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February 12, 2010
Mortgage defaults are up 15 percent the past year, with more than 315,000 homes receiving foreclosure notices. That situation, said Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos on Feb. 11, has “many homeowners on the edge are considering something…
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February 11, 2010
President Obama continuously tries to portray himself as a friend to the little-man, middle class and small business. Hence his attacks on “fat cats” who “just don’t get it,” while labeling the extravagant bonuses as “obscene,” and “the…
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February 5, 2010
There have been just over a hundred complaints about brake problems on the Toyota Prius. And according to Sylvia Marino of consumer car Web site Edmunds.com, “maybe as few as 1 in 12,000 or 1 in 13,000 of the cars in the recall even has the…
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February 1, 2006
How much credit does Alan Greenspan deserve for Americas economic
success over the past 18 years? Answer: a lot, but nowhere near all.
I mean no slight to Mr. Greenspan. Indeed, the…
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December 29, 2008
Editor, The New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
Like many people, Ben Stein was assured that Bernard Madoff "never lost money" ("They Told Me That Madoff Never Lost Money," Dec. 28). Unlike many people, Ben Stein…
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December 18, 2008
Editor, The New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
Bravo for Roger Cohen's explanation that market economies work by creating new firms, new products, new processes – and that these creations are both the source of our…
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December 15, 2008
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
To the Editor:
You rightly dismiss the argument that a government bailout of GM, Ford, and Chrysler is justified by the concern that people won't buy cars from companies in…
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December 15, 2008
Editor, The New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
Presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino said Dec. 12 that "Under normal economic conditions we would prefer that markets determine the ultimate fate of private firms.…