New Orleans There were three pieces about philanthropy oddly found together in the New York Times recently, that though they came from surprising sources, in some instances made very interesting, and amazingly accurate, even if sometimes depressing, points. One was an interview with billionaire, former New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, about his notions …
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Lessons from Wall Street Crash: Greed is not Good, but it is Pervasive!
New Orleans In the small shelf of books I have on the ways and means of the Great Recession, how the crash came to occur, and what it means for the future, there is a 360 degree circle of finger pointing, blame, and shame. As William Cowan astutely argues in How We Got the Crash Wrong …
Party, Party, Party: Libs, Labor, and No Label
New Orleans During the World Series we finally learned something interesting about Barbara Bush that wasn’t horrific. It turns out she knows how to keep the box score on a game. While the Georges were rubbernecking and Laura was talking over her shoulder, the Iron Fist of Texas was dutifully minding the box score. If …
NYC Bureaucrats Administer Citizen Wealth Setback
New Orleans New York City announced that it was ending its experimental program called Opportunity NYC Family Rewards that had offered cash incentives for achieving modified behavior from poor families. From the article it seems that the failure of the City of New York to modify its behavior was the real story here, rather than …
Election Lessons on the Hudson
New Orleans It’s a small sample, but the Virginia bellwether and the deeply blue state New Jersey went hard Republican and in Jersey tossed a Democratic governor looking for a second shot. Across the river, New York City voters surprised the chattering political classes by almost moving Mayor Bloomberg to his next career as a …