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Capitalism, Not Collectivism, Will Be Key To Carbon Mitigation
15 january 2013 The Kyoto Protocol emerged from the Doha COP-18 negotiations with an extension up to 2020, but much weakened with only a few developed countries agreeing to commit…
The Droit De Suite Dilemma (And Why It’s Just A Bad Idea)
15 january 2013 Just as droit de suite – the requirement that artists receive royalties on secondary sales of their work – is about to go into effect in the…
The Stupidity of the Robin Hood Tax Reaches America
15 january 2013 I was astonished to see that the Robin Hood Tax is now launching a campaign in the United States. We’ve been discussing this in the UK for…
As Europe, Canada Try To Control Bot Traders, The U.S. Falls Behind
15 january 2013 Word that Europe, Canada and now Australia are taking steps to curb the power of high-speed algorithmic traders should be of little surprise. Aside from last decade’s…
The Financial System Is Running Out of Quality Collateral
15 january 2013 Worry about the global economic slowdown and tumbling stock prices. Then, worry about the scarcity of the highest quality collateral( US, German, Swiss government securities) and the…
Six Autonomy Red Flags That HP Missed
15 january 2013 In 2011, Hewlett Packard (HPQ) bought big data software maker, Autonomy, for $10 billion and last week it wrote off $8.8 billion of that. Since Meg Whitman,…
At the Intersection of Sustainability and Financial Innovation
15 january 2013 Recently, I interviewed Rachel Sinha, Sustainability Manager in the think tank of the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales. In her role she co-leads social…
Will Obamacare Stimulate Entrepreneurs?
15 january 2013 Those familiar with Betteridge’s law of headlines already know the answer to this question. Nevertheless, there are those who are convinced that making health insurance near-universal will…
Mixing Politics With Healthcare: Not What The Doctor Ordered
15 january 2013 The continued right wing attempts to limit reproductive rights of women, and the recent response from the left to require men who use Viagra to have psychiatric…
Tony Blair Is Britain’s Buffett As Top 50% Tax Rate Teeters
15 january 2013 Imagine if you were paying Britain’s top 50% individual tax rate! We Americans have plenty of aggressive tax planners to worry about, yet we can’t seem to…
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