The economy looms large in this year’s Presidential race. Romney is portraying himself as a Harvard MBA businessman who can bring fiscal responsibility to the nation and restart the ecomony. There are three concepts that most people don’t seem to understand. I’m...
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Creative deal structure–could it solve the housing crisis?
One of the most essential negotiating skills is the ability to divide up the risk, reward, blame, and credit properly among the parties in a negotiation. One of the reasons many people are so outraged at the financial collapse brought about by the real estate bubble...
Income Distribution and the Ultra-Rich
A friend wrote to a group I'm part of: Some folks I know who are at pre-IPO companies are really opposed to Warren Buffett's support of raising taxes on the ultra-rich, saying that Buffett is helping keep a glass ceiling in place between them and being super rich....
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Tax cut obsession is absurd; vote for tax increases!
Tax cuts aren’t the answer. Tax increases aren’t the answer. Taxes are just a funding decision. We should focus on policy first, and funding it second.