Bank Secrecy Act spoils Christmas for merchants who prefer cash
Op/Eds, OpinionSometimes something that starts out with good intention can turn bad. This seems to be what has happened with the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970.
Op/ed: Lessons from Japan’s struggle to recover from a post-bubble bout of deflation
Op/Eds, OpinionAt its core, Abe’s decision to postpone the consumption-tax increase reflects the chaos that prolonged weak economic momentum inflicts on countries wishing to pursue more than one objective — in this case, raising living standards, curtailing the growth in government debt and breaking the private sector’s deflationary mindset.
Op/ed: It’s time to throw the book at currency bid riggers
Op/Eds, OpinionFining institutions makes great headlines, but those billion-dollar penalties punish shareholders, not the wrongdoers, and won’t change the culture of banking.
Op/ed: The net-net of neutrality debate is that innovation may be a loser
Op/Eds, OpinionOne of the most comical features of the net-neutrality debate is that both sides say the other is trying to stifle innovation. Both are probably wrong.
Op/ed: Both parties need to figure how to get something done
Op/Eds, OpinionRealistically, the best that either party, or the American public, can hope for is small ball.
Op/ed: Democrats hope for electoral comeback in 2016
Op/Eds, OpinionSome Democrats who lost their race could try again in 2016. For today, however, it’s a safe bet that anyone who has just completed an exhausting and losing campaign isn’t thinking about two years from now.
