A new Ventura County law firm will greet the new year: The father and son team of Chuck and Tom Cohen are forming a new firm called Cohen Land Use Law, LLP, leveraging their expertise in real estate and development. The Cohens announced the formation of their new Thousand Oaks-based firm on Dec. 29. They Read More →
IWhen President Ronald Reagan cut taxes in the 1980s, the national debt was 30 percent of GDP. Even those tax cuts were partially reversed amid rising deficits and, by the late 1990s, the U.S. Treasury was running a rare surplus. Today, after large tax cuts in the early 2000s, spending for wars and recession recovery Read More →
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 18th, 2017 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on Dubroff: Trump’s behavior causing world to lose confidence in dollar
The fading of the stock market’s “Trump bump” has been accompanied by a steady drop in the value of the U.S. dollar. And it is the greenback’s decline that has UC Santa Barbara professor Benjamin “Jerry” Cohen worried. He’s concerned about the future of the dollar as the world’s “ultimate safe haven.” Cohen, a political Read More →
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, November 4th, 2016 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on Dubroff: Politics aside, only U.S. can lead world out of trade crisis
The intersection of business and politics is a busy place, especially in an election season that’s defied conventional wisdom right through to the end. From the shock of the Brexit vote to the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, 2016 has been different from anything we’ve seen in recent memory. And my gut tells Read More →
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, January 1st, 2016 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on Dollar will continue to reign supreme among world’s currencies
In a time of turbulence in global politics and economics, one thing remains constant. The dollar’s supremacy as the dominant currency for international finance and reserves is unchallenged — nor is it likely to be replaced anytime soon. That’s the theme of a new book by Benjamin “Jerry” Cohen, the Louis G. Lancaster Professor of Read More →