by Henry Oliner | Jul 31, 2010 | Business, Politics
Corporate earnings are improving, but unemployment remains high. These are not unrelated. As the weak economy has held down wage increases, this alone will translate into lower costs and better profits. But this is true only if high competitive pressures have not...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 30, 2010 | Politics
In the wake of the elections of November 3, 2008 we noted the dramatic swing of the independent voter. Who are these voters and why do they refuse to ally themselves with one of the two major parties? I confess up front that this is my sense and perception and I do...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2010 | Culture, Media
According to the July 26, 2010 print version of Newsweek: There are 141 million active blogs, up from a mere 12,000 ten years ago. Daily e-mails are up 20 fold from 12 to 247 billion in the same period. Daily Google searches are up 20 fold to 2 billion. Text messages...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 27, 2010 | Economics
“Capitalism is, among other things, the revitalization of the world thanks to the opportunity to be lucky. Luck is the great equalizer because almost everyone can benefit from it. The socialist government protected their monsters and, by doing so, killed potential...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 25, 2010 | Media, Politics
I have a default position to disbelieve conspiracy theories. Secrets are just too hard to keep. While I find individual reporters may be biased in their coverage, I expect the larger organization to balance bias, although the dominance of so many Democrats (or any...
