by Henry Oliner | Oct 31, 2008 | Politics, Taxes
I think the focus on Obama on the calls to ‘redistribute the wealth’ or making us more socialistic misses the far more important point.We have been socialistic for decades. Redistribution of wealth has been a part of American politics since the New Deal. It...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 31, 2008 | Religion
The great Jewish Philosopher Maimonides lived in Spain, Morocco and Egypt between 1135 and 1205. One of his most popular teachings is the eight levels of charity. The lowest is one who gives unwillingly. Above that is one who gives inadequately but gladly. A better...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 30, 2008 | Economics
One of the most influential books to my economic and political thinking is Nassim Taleb’s “Fooled by Randomness” and “The Black Swan”.These books opened an interest in randomness and probability and their application in modern affairs. In...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 29, 2008 | Economics
A few months ago we screamed about high oil prices and the greedy oil companies and how they manipulated the market for their selfish gains. The left howled for an excess profits tax on their ill gotten gains.Only months later gas is under $2.50 and dropping, oil has...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 28, 2008 | Economics, Health Care
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act included a piece of legislation that had nothing to due with rescuing us from the financial abyss we faced. It will, however, raise your and my health insurance cost. It is called the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental...
