Thinking About Fermi’s Paradox
As the story goes, famed physicist Enrico Fermi looked up one starry night, noticed thousands of visible stars and the billions more they...
Alpha & Beta: Two Competing Investment Philosophies
The best investment strategy for you? It’s the one you’re likely to stick with. Barry Ritholtz WaPo, August 16, 2015 ...
About Time . . .
Today’s column is going to wax a bit philosophical. Stay with me, its worth your effort. You do not really understand Time. By...
What’s Your Investing Philosophy?
My Sunday Washington Post Business Section column is out. This morning, we look at two competing investment philosophies,...
Will Donald Trump Crack-up the Republican/Tea Party Alliance?
In an interview some years ago, I described the conservative and libertarian movements as all chiefs and no Indians. By this I meant that...
Who Benefits from Bailouts?
I always find it amusing whenever someone expresses surprise that the financial bailouts for Greece haven’t benefitted Greek...
Gramm’s Unrepentant Cognitive Dissonance
The Few Who Won’t Say ‘Sorry’ for Financial Crisis Don’t expect any apologies from former U.S. Senator Phil...
A Universe in a Nutshell: The Physics of Everything, with...
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The Tyranny of the U.S. Criminal Justice System
How can the life of such a man Be in the palm of some fool’s hand? To see him obviously framed Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed...
Interview with Stanford Economist Alvin Roth
Interview with Alvin Roth Stanford economist on matching theory, kidney markets and the importance of coffee Douglas Clement | Editor,...