April 26, 2025

		

Guest Commentary


| Friday, November 21st, 2014

Op/ed: Lessons from Japan’s struggle to recover from a post-bubble bout of deflation

Op/Eds, Opinion

At 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.

| Friday, November 14th, 2014

Op/ed: It’s time to throw the book at currency bid riggers

Op/Eds, Opinion

Fining institutions makes great headlines, but those billion-dollar penalties punish shareholders, not the wrongdoers, and won’t change the culture of banking.

| Friday, November 14th, 2014

Op/ed: The net-net of neutrality debate is that innovation may be a loser

Op/Eds, Opinion

One 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.

| Friday, November 7th, 2014

Op/ed: Both parties need to figure how to get something done

Op/Eds, Opinion

Realistically, the best that either party, or the American public, can hope for is small ball.

| Friday, November 7th, 2014

Op/ed: Democrats hope for electoral comeback in 2016

Op/Eds, Opinion

Some 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.

| Friday, October 31st, 2014

Op/ed: Blaming QE for alien invasions and everything else

Op/Eds, Opinion

An interesting conjecture shows some evidence that monetary policy changes can disturb the financial system.

| Friday, October 31st, 2014

Op/ed: Five states where senate polls may be misleading

Op/Eds, Opinion

Here are five states most at risk for polling mishaps in their Senate elections, ranked from most to least likely.