Monthly Archives: March, 2009

Protectionists Suck

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A Bonus on the A.I.G. Bonuses

Since our last article on the AIG bonuses one week ago, the House of Representatives has voted to impose a 90% tax on all bonuses at AIG and 10 other institutions, although you will be hard pressed to find their names mentioned anywhere, since the pitchforks have been aimed towards AIG during this whole ordeal [...]

An Evangelical Business

For the past six months or so, forecasting has become a hazardous business. Companies need to state their projected sales and profits a year in advance, while the stockmarket, foreign exchange rates, employment rates, trade figures and interest and inflation rates have all been fluctuating more than ever before. It would make sense therefore, to [...]

Pay the A.I.G. Bonuses

A.I.G. received about $170 Billion from the U.S. government. Out of this, $165 million (slightly less than 1/10th of 1%) will be paid out in bonuses. Seemingly everybody in government, from President Obama down, is up in arms against these bonuses. After all, the tax payers have paid to save these companies and millions of [...]

Atlas Shrugged with the Economy

It seems that recessionary times have been boosting the books sales of one author, and one book in particular. According to the Economist, sales of the book “Atlas Shrugged“, by Ayn Rand, have been catapulting in recent times, especially after specific economic events. There have been 4 recent spikes in Amazon sales of Atlas Shrugged [...]