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    Why We Want Markets In Health Care

    13 january 2013 A piece from the UK showing why we really do want to have markets, multiple providers, in health care. This doesn’t mean government cannot be involved, most…

    In Which We Look Forward To The Brad Delong v. Paul Krugman Cage Fight

    13 january 2013 Paul Krugman’s column today concentrates on the thought that raising the eligibility ages for Social Security and Medicare won’t have much effect on Federal finances and even…

    The Law Closes In On The Richest Man In Ireland–The Billionaire Mighty Quinn

    As former billionaires shuffle through the criminal and bankruptcy courts, the Irish public is gasping at the extremes of deceit, cronyism and hubris that pushed the country into a massive…

    Moody’s Downgrades the UK Banks

    13 january 2013 Much furore in the UK today as Moody’s announced that it had downgraded the credit ratings of 12 of the UK’s financial institutions. I have to admit…

    The Lawsuit Business Is Good For UK’s Burford Group

    13 january 2013 Burford reported its profits surged to $15.9 million last year from $1.9 million in 2010, as the U.K. litigation-finance firm harvested millions of dollars from settlements negotiated by…

    Huddle Wows Diageo, UK Government

    13 january 2013 Diageo (DEO), the London-based “drinks” leader, is a fan of Huddle — an online tool that makes global teamwork easier. Its chief technology officer exclaimed after using…

    Financial Models Bog Down in Corporate Bureaucracy

                                                                                                                                  13 january 013 Although financial firms think their models are an important part of their success, development and deployment of new models is often bogged down in bureaucracy, according…

    Fifth Street Finance Corporation Named Top Dividend Stock With Insider Buying and 12.17% Yield

    In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ”DividendRank” report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six…

    From Solar System to Ecosystem: A New Way to Finance Social Entrepreneurs

    Have you ever taken a planet walk? Along a hiking trail, you start with Mercury and Venus, about the size of golf balls, a few meters apart on pedestals. You…

    Don’t Trust The Wise Men Of Finance

    I have my doubts about the the wisdom of our entrusted Wise Men in understanding the past in order to predict the future. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told a George…