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Format: 2013-05-21
Format: 2013-05-21
EXPERT COMMENTARY

JP Morgan's Beautiful Loss

By Hester Peirce |
May 11, 2012
After the markets closed yesterday, JP Morgan’s chief executive officer, Jamie Dimon, convened a conference call to announce an embarrassing $2 billion trading loss.  After what we have been through during the past several years, a couple billion dollars is not that jarring, but a mistake of any magnitude by JP Morgan gets everyone’s attention.  Some have seized upon the mi…

Is Austerity to Blame for Europe's Economic Woes?

Veronique de Rugy
All sorts of experts are charging that financial austerity measures are killing the great economies of Europe. But the critics of austerity have got it all wrong, says Veronique de Rugy.
The Hill

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Hits the House Floor

Anthony B. Sanders | May 08, 2012
Bloomberg Businessweek

Congress Seeks Postal Overhaul While Making It Impossible

Maurice P. McTigue | May 09, 2012
The Daily Caller

Yes, Corporations are People

Steven Horwitz | May 07, 2012

Regulation in the Pulp and Paper Industry: Costs and Consequences

Colleen Haight, Derek Thieme | May 15, 2012
The paper and pulp industry is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the United States. This working paper investigates the extent to which environmental and workplace regulations affect the industry and evaluate the impact of these regulations on the industry, its customers, its employees and society in general.
The Christian Science Monitor

JP Morgan Losses Send Wall Street Back to Capitol Hill

Hester Peirce | May 14, 2012
EXPERT COMMENTARY

Leaving Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac As Is Risks Another Housing Bubble

By Anthony B. Sanders |
May 15, 2012
This excerpt was originally published in US News and World Report. Read the full text here.…
EXPERT COMMENTARY

Once Again, Break Up the Banks

By Arnold Kling |
May 15, 2012
This article was originally published in National Review OnlineEt tu, Jamie Dimon? The embarrassing announcement of a large trading loss at J. P. Morgan has brought the issue of bank regulation back to the fore.…

GDP Growth Rates: The Swedish Approach

Veronique de Rugy | May 16, 2012
While the debate over austerity continues, the evidence suggests that austerity can be successful so long as it isn't modeled after France’s so-called balanced approach. Other European countries and the United States should take heed and stop succumbing to the lure of an easy answer—to closing budget gaps with higher taxes.