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Doug French (May 26, 2012)
The right instructor can change a student's life. I know. It happened to me. Looking through the course catalog at UNLV years ago, I noticed the class "EC 742 — History of... more
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Doug French (May 22, 2012)
The housing and economic crash of 2008 kept more people from moving to cities during the last decade. Census data from 2010 indicate that while urbanization continues, it... more
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Doug French (May 21, 2012)
It's often thought that the technology sector is the least regulated and therefore has been the most productive during the past couple of decades. Famously, Bill Gates had no... more
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Doug French (May 18, 2012)
When most people think of starting a business, or contemplate others doing so, the common belief is that a person should go into a business they have knowledge in — not just... more
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Doug French (May 14, 2012)
This year's release of the movie version of Atlas Shrugged — or at least a third of a shrug — has put Ayn Rand back in the spotlight. The man with the big-budget plan, Rep.... more
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Doug French (May 13, 2012)
President Obama's mostly forgotten jobs package would reportedly create 1.9 million new jobs, a one-percentage-point drop in the unemployment rate, and goose GDP by two... more
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Doug French (May 12, 2012)
While the pols in Europe endlessly consider how they will paper over their financial crisis, "ring fence" Greece and the other PIIGS pass austerity programs, and still get... more
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Doug French (May 08, 2012)
What everyone who pays attention already knows hit the front page the other day: Social Security will exhaust its reserves by 2033. That's 3 years sooner than previously... more
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Doug French (May 07, 2012)
Book buyers have been used to hardback books being the most expensive, with softcover versions being priced much less, while e-book versions are cheaper still.
This pricing... more
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Doug French (Apr 29, 2012)
The talk is all about jobs, jobs, jobs in Washington and on the campaign trail as the unemployment rate continues to be elevated and long-term unemployment is higher than... more
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Doug French (Apr 28, 2012)
Tonight, the second-most-popular televised football broadcast of the year takes place from New York's Radio City Music Hall. ESPN will broadcast round one of the NFL Draft,... more
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Doug French (Apr 24, 2012)
Back in 1997 Gregory Bresiger penned a piece for the Free Market tearing apart the notion of "socially responsible investing" (SRI). Managers focused on social issues instead... more
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Doug French (Apr 22, 2012)
Floyd Norris writes for the New York Times that it's 1980 all over again.
Discussion of gold has gone from nonexistent a decade ago to the question of whether its price is... more
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Doug French (Apr 17, 2012)
Life's twists and turns will take a person on journeys he would never imagine. A kid from rural Kansas growing up where people simply speak their minds, all the while lacking... more
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Doug French (Apr 16, 2012)
Everybody does "shadow work." No matter how a person makes a living — trading time, talent, and productivity for a more marketable commodity, money, so as to trade that... more
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Doug French (Apr 15, 2012)
There's plenty of blame for the financial crisis being spread around. Those on the left say Wall Street wasn't regulated enough, while those on the right claim government... more
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Doug French (Apr 09, 2012)
There's plenty of blame for the financial crisis being spread around. Those on the left say Wall Street wasn't regulated enough, while those on the right claim government... more
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Doug French (Mar 29, 2012)
Depression babies learned early that "saving for a rainy day" was not something one hopes to do but a requirement. The saying originated when most people worked on the farm.... more
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Doug French (Mar 27, 2012)
There are few movies or miniseries that depict day-to-day business as a central part of the story. Most screenwriters likely find it dull and uninteresting, believing... more
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Doug French (Mar 26, 2012)
Food is vital for survival, yet less than 2 percent of America's population works in agriculture. That's a big change from 100 years ago, when over 40 percent of the... more
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Doug French (Mar 25, 2012)
Parents probably dream of sending their kid to the University of Chicago. Next to the Ivy League or Stanford, the Chicago school is near the top of the heap. Only 27 percent... more
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Doug French (Mar 24, 2012)
You always remember books that change your mind, because these books are so few and far between. We're drawn to books that reinforce what we already believe. It makes us feel... more
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Doug French (Mar 20, 2012)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg's plan for New York City with hurricane Irene bearing down on the Big Apple was to evacuate residents and force businesses to close in low-lying areas.... more
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Doug French (Mar 19, 2012)
The housing and economic crash of 2008 kept more people from moving to cities during the last decade. Census data from 2010 indicate that while urbanization continues, it... more
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Doug French (Mar 18, 2012)
In a piece for the Wall Street Journal, Joel Kotkin tells of the demise of Los Angeles. No, you won't see Snake Plissken or Rick Deckard racing through the City of Angels... more
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Doug French (Mar 11, 2012)
Imagine the good fortune of having a Waffle House within walking distance of home and the office. Yes, Waffle House number 1882 is one of the newest in the chain of over... more
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Doug French (Mar 10, 2012)
The world of high finance was still in full flight in February 2007. The cracks in the mortgage market had not yet begun to show and Stephen Schwarzman's Blackstone Group had... more
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Doug French (Mar 08, 2012)
A college degree once looked to be the path to prosperity. In an article for TechCrunch, Sarah Lacy writes, "Like the housing bubble, the education bubble is about security... more
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Doug French (Mar 06, 2012)
Everybody does "shadow work." No matter how a person makes a living — trading time, talent, and productivity for a more marketable commodity, money, so as to trade that... more
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Doug French (Mar 05, 2012)
The foreclosure crisis has crawled on for going on four years now with no end in sight.
"Continued house price declines could lead to even more defaults, foreclosures and... more
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Doug French (Mar 04, 2012)
Going on 30 years ago Lew Rockwell had an idea. The idea was to form an institute to celebrate the works of a forgotten scholar — Ludwig von Mises — and promote the study of... more
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Doug French (Mar 03, 2012)
Cheap and plentiful money and credit have made investing impossible and speculation de rigueur for those not wishing to wait out the storm with the barbarous relic. The... more
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Doug French (Feb 25, 2012)
The foreclosure crisis has crawled on for going on four years now with no end in sight. The S&P/Case-Shiller index for August fell 3.8 percent from a year ago. The index... more
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Doug French (Feb 24, 2012)
Life's twists and turns will take a person on journeys he would never imagine. A kid from rural Kansas growing up where people simply speak their minds, all the while lacking... more
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Doug French (Feb 21, 2012)
While the pols in Europe endlessly consider how they will paper over their financial crisis, "ring fence" Greece and the other PIIGS pass austerity programs, and still get... more
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Doug French (Feb 18, 2012)
Wall Street traders, like high-stakes poker players, are a different breed. The constant pressure, the appetite for risk, the ability to think and react in split seconds, all... more
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Doug French (Feb 15, 2012)
Floyd Norris writes for the New York Timesthat it's 1980 all over again.
Discussion of gold has gone from nonexistent a decade ago to the question of whether... more