Boardroom
Corporate governance, accounting standards, and other "rules about money" stories that often don't get the thoughtful coverage they deserve elsewhere in the media.
- Small Business, Big Regulatory Burden Scott Shane 01/20/2011
- President Obama recently acknowledged the burden placed on enterprise. But does he know how large that burden is?
- Can Our Last International Advantage Withstand the Dodd-Frank Act? Alex J. Pollock 01/15/2011
- America is eroding its social infrastructure, the nation’s last competitive advantage.
- Small Businesses and Big Unintended Consequences Scott Shane 01/12/2011
- No matter how benevolent, intelligent, and farsighted policy makers might be, they cannot anticipate how markets will react to laws and regulation.
- Living in the Political Wake of the Bubble Alex J. Pollock 01/03/2011
- We are repeating history and thus will repeat the mistakes of history; here are four ideas to make sure the future is better than the past.
- The Invisible Hand Works for Women John E. Calfee 12/30/2010
- Crucial improvements for women are a routine byproduct of the search for new profits by international firms.
- Eminent Domain (at a Price) James V. DeLong 12/18/2010
- The solution to the abuse of the eminent domain process is not endless legal inquiries or other ways to enrich lawyers. The answer is money.
- The Roosevelts Would Be Appalled Kenneth Gould 12/17/2010
- A history of the estate tax shows just how far both political parties are from the beliefs of Teddy and FDR.
- Protection Rolls On Philip I. Levy 12/15/2010
- President Obama remains conflicted on trade. Consider this week’s ‘victory’ over China at the World Trade Organization.
- Protecting Property on the Internet James V. DeLong 12/09/2010
- Free speech does not include the right to shout, ‘Fake goods here!’ in a crowded digital marketplace.
- What Might Trigger the Euro’s Demise Desmond Lachman 12/03/2010
- The Greek, Irish, Portuguese, and Spanish governments already have tenuous holds on power. A deepening in their economic crises could give rise to populist governments ready to dump the euro.