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Richard Epstein on the National Security Agency

posted to The Future of Capitalism :: Writings on Tue 18th Jun 13

Libertarian law professor Richard Epstein's column this week is about the government's data collection programs: There is no escaping the fact that national security is an area where government may be appropriately feared, but is still desperately needed
Dimon, Blankfein, Immelt and Cuomo's Tax-Free New York

posted to The Future of Capitalism :: Writings on Tue 18th Jun 13

Support for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's "Tax-Free New York" plan by the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and GE is the topic of my column this week. Please check it out at the New York Sun (here), Reason (here), and Newsmax (here).
ObamaCare Law Jobs

posted to The Future of Capitalism :: Writings on Mon 17th Jun 13

The Wall Street Journal has a dispatch about how the ObamaCare law is creating jobs for lawyers: Last year corporate clients spent $5.72 billion on legal advice for regulatory matters, including health care, and the market is projected to grow to $6

Hayek's Letter to the Times

posted to The Future of Capitalism :: Writings on Mon 9th May 11

Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek, here, and Peter Boettke at Coordination Problem, here, have already replied to Francis Fukuyama's review in Sunday's New York Times of the new edition of F.A. Hayek's The Constitution of Liberty. Through the wonders of the
CNBC's Jim Cramer Recounts Living in His Car

posted to The Future of Capitalism :: Writings on Mon 23rd Apr 12

Jim Cramer is now known as a former hedge fund manager with degrees from Harvard and Harvard Law School, the host of CNBC's "Mad Money." But he spent six months in California living in his car with no driver's license, no home address, expired Florida
Hayek Versus Keynes

posted to The Future of Capitalism :: Writings on Wed 9th Nov 11

Partly because I was invited by Harold Evans, and partly because the event had a tie-in with the new book Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics, by my former New York Sun colleague Nicholas Wapshott, and partly because there aren't that

The Crony Index

posted to Kids Prefer Cheese on Wed 27th Feb 13

Which companies are the biggest rent-seekers? Or, is it which companies are the BEST rent-seekers? Either way....the Crony Index! With a nod to Zachary B.
TheStreet.com in turmoil, says Cramer

posted to Talking Biz News on Mon 23rd Apr 12

Financial news site TheStreet.com is in turmoil, says company co-founder Jim Cramer, in comments posted on FutureofCapitalism.com about his career in journalism.FutureofCapitalism writes, “A job at the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner was an upgrade in pay
Ira Stoll reports from the Hayek vs Keynes Debate

posted to Taking Hayek Seriously on Wed 9th Nov 11

Here. From the article:The crowd had started out as 47% pro Keynes, 33% pro Hayek, and 20% undecided. At the end of the debate, 52% favored Keynes, 42% favored Hayek, and 6% were undecided. So Keynes still had the edge, but the Hayekians won over more of the