HERE IS A REASON ***NEVER*** TO UNDERESTIMATE ANYONE IN POLITICS….. What Palin is like to debate against (VIDEO) Thank god for C-SPAN. They’ve got video of the 2006 Alaska gubernatorial debate, featuring Sarah Palin. Check that out here. And check out this snippet from an opinion piece by Andrew Halcro, who Palin beat in that [...]
If investors are all the United States–and all the other post-industrial countries–are about, it’s time to do some thinking about changing the frame. It’s clear that those who run the Street cannot control it, and that it has become the meanest street of all. So, let’s do some thinking–a New Deal, a new Keynesianism to [...]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, AMIDST THE MOST INTERESTING TIMES IN WHICH WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO LIVE. CONFUCIUS WOULD SAY….. September 26, 2008 EDITORIAL OBSERVER Wasilla Watch: Sarah Palin and the Rape Kits By DOROTHY SAMUELS Even in tough budget times, there are lines that cannot be crossed. So I was startled by [...]
FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO GATE……(SF CHRONICLE) Demise of firms puts entire economy at risk Sam Zuckerman, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, September 16, 2008 (09-15) 18:56 PDT — The bankruptcy of Wall Street powerhouse Lehman Bros. and the fire sale of securities rival Merrill Lynch are sending shock waves through the financial system, multiplying the danger [...]
Editorial The Guardian, Tuesday September 16 2008 It is a moment Karl Marx would have relished. From every angle financial capitalism is taking a battering. Late on Sunday one of the world’s biggest investment banks, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy, while another, Merrill Lynch, sold itself off in a hurry to avoid going the same [...]
FROM CBS MARKETWATCH….A CULTURAL VIEW OF THE PALIN PHENOMENON, SUGGESTING THAT THE METEOR NAMED SARAH MAY BURN OUT SOON….. BUT, THEN, ON THE OTHER HAND……. JON FRIEDMAN The Sarah Palin Phenomenon Is Doomed NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2008 (MarketWatch) This column was written by MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman. The Sarah Palin Phenomenon is doomed. But it’s [...]
Steven M. Davidoff, writing as The Deal Professor, is a commentator for DealBook on the legal aspects of mergers, private equity and corporate governance. A former corporate attorney at Shearman & Sterling, he is a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. His columns are available at The Deal Professor blog. There Will [...]