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Did Dodd-Frank Act End “Too Big To Fail”?
Did Dodd-Frank Act End “Too Big To Fail”?By Robert E. Prasch Since the triumphal passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Regulation and Consumer Protection Act on 21st of July 2010, we have been told...
View ArticleThe Business of Health Insurance and “Obamacare”: What Can We Expect?
The Business of Health Insurance and “Obamacare”: What Can We Expect?By Robert E. Prasch Over the past couple of years there has been considerable back-and-forth over what has been accomplished by the...
View ArticleIt Was Not a Free Lunch: The True Cost of the AIG Bailout
It Was Not a Free Lunch: The True Cost of the AIG BailoutJames Tilson and Robert E. Prasch “If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.” This old adage came to mind on December 11, 2012 when the U.S....
View ArticleThe “Lessons” that Wall Street, Treasury, and the White House Need You to...
By Robert E. Prasch Department of Economics Middlebury College Five long years have passed since the demise of the once venerable firm of Lehman Brothers. To mark the occasion, Wall Street, the United...
View ArticleThe December Jobs Report: Disappointing But Not Surprising
By Robert E. Prasch Middlebury College We all know that predictions in economics can be fraught. This is for a variety of reasons, with the absence of controlled experiments high on the list. However,...
View ArticleThe Debt Crisis in Puerto Rico: Why Is It Not More Newsworthy?
By Robert E. Prasch Anyone who follows the news periodically, if not more often, wonders about the criteria making certain issues or persons “newsworthy,” and others substantially less so. One reliable...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong with “Congestion Pricing”? It’s Not Just the Creation of “Lexus...
What’s Wrong with “Congestion Pricing”? It’s Not Just the Creation of “Lexus Lanes” By Robert E. Prasch The past six months have seen an uptick in the number of “news” articles detailing the workings...
View ArticleThe State of the Union Speech and the President’s Credibility Gap
The State of the Union Speech and the President’s Credibility Gap By Robert E. Prasch Professor of Economics Middlebury College Last night, President Obama gave a great speech. He almost always does....
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