In Defense of Capitalism

Two Contradictory Thoughts About Elections
The election is over. I am left with two very contradictory feelings. First is the one of appreciation – every ...

Fed’s Shortcut to Greatness
I am traveling this weekend to our nation’s capital with my almost-10-year-old son, Jonah. I’m giving a speech on Monday ...

QE2 Is Not Only a Mistake, “It’s Criminal”
Of course, there are many critics of the Fed who say the second round of quantitative easing is wrong and ...

In Defense of Capitalism: a True Love Story
My writing is a byproduct of my investment process, I think through writing. I don’t do movie reviews and don’t ...

How stealing Chrysler threatens our markets
I never write about politics. First of all, it bores me. Second, its guaranteed to upset about 53% of my readers, ...

Bail Out Capitalism, Not The Big Three
Government intervention in the financial system via the Troubled Asset Relief Program made me sick to my stomach, but without ...

Bad Decisions Were Ours
Don’t compound them with bailout for mortgage ‘victims’ The housing bubble that was fueled by multidecade low interest rates priced ...
Anti-Social Investing
We live in the society where, to our detriment, being politically correct is often more important than being correct. So ...
Russia: We Don’t Need the West Anymore
Royal Dutch Shell’s $7.5 billion sale to Gazprom may have been coerced by the Russian government. Vitaliy Katsenelson looks at ...