Economic Insights


An interesting take on part of the financial crisis

From today’s New York Times, “How the Thundering Herd Faltered and Fell,” by Gretchen Morgenson. It sounds like a classic principal/agent issue of corporate governance: A native of Turkey who…

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Spread the Word

Dear Friends, I urge those with blogs to consider posting the video about the financial crisis that you will find immediately below this post.  You can find the embed code…

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Prosperity and Violence

During my recent flight from Brussels to DC, I got through a few books, including Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development (New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,…

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Guerilla Video Interviews with Two Reformers

Mart Laar, former Prime Minister of Estonia Lado Gurgenidze, Prime Minister of Georgia (Both interviews were made by Dr. Emmanuel Martin, Editor of UnMondeLibre.org, at the European Resource Bank meeting…

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