Copyright 2010 The Future of Capitalism Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:10:24 +0300 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Future of Capitalism :: Writings http://localhost/capitalism webmaster@futureofcapitalism.com (The Future of Capitalism) webmaster@futureofcapitalism.com en-us http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/fidelis-direct-mail Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:25:00 EST A non-profit Catholic group is fund-raising for what it says is a $10 million voter mobilization plan for the 2010 congressional elections with a direct mail piece that accuses President Obama of waging "war on Christianity," "war on unborn children," http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/sulzberger-vs-sulzberger Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:56:00 EST The New York Times Company-owned Worcester Telegram & Gazette has been taking a tough stance against illegal immigration in editorials such as this one, while the Times company's flagship has been taking an opposite view in editorials such as this one, http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/bush-center-direct-mail Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:10:00 EST From a direct-mail piece from "Hon. Donald L. Evans, chairman, George W. Bush Foundation," soliciting contributions to fund the "interactive exhibits and educational programs" of the Bush Presidential Center: "We'll make clear how President Bush worked http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/a-latvian-tax-reformer Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:39:00 EST Michael Hudson, chief economist of the Reform Task Force Latvia think-tank, has an intriguing op-ed in the Financial Times suggesting cutting taxes on wages while raising them on property: "Lowering taxes on wages would reduce the cost of employment http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/public-equity-or-private-equity Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:33:00 EST Carlyle and TPG are considering following in the footsteps of Blackstone, Apollo, and KKR and going public, the Financial Times reports. If they do, it's going to be interesting to see how it all works out. One of the supposed advantages of "private http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/capital-is-mobile-1 Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:40:17 EST The architect Norman Foster is quitting the British House of Lords ahead of a new rule requiring all peers to pay British taxes on their worldwide earnings, the New York Times reports in a culture-section brief: "Mr. Foster, who designed the Hearst Tower http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/conspicuous-abstention-1 Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:29:18 EST Another example of what I call "conspicuous abstention": The New York Times has an article today about a beverage company, Honest Tea, whose products prominently feature the claim, "no high-fructose corn syrup." http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/buffett-cheerleads Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:51:15 EST Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett gives an "exclusive interview" to Yahoo! News and the Huffington Post in which he proclaims, "This economy is coming back." Asked about Nobel lauraete New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's warnings of an impending http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/amity-shlaes-on-depression-parallels Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:33:21 EST Amity Shlaes has a new column up on Bloomberg about parallels between now and the 1930s: "an unsustainable monetary construct," trade barriers, increasing taxes, and government-ordered higher wages. http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/cnn-editor-hails-hezbollah-figure Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:50:00 EST The Jerusalem Post (and Jeffrey Goldberg) catch CNN's senior editor of Middle East affairs, Octavia Nasr, tweeting, "sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah... One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot." Ms. Nasr tries to dig http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/alliancebernsteins-advice-for-china Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:27:07 EST From a new AllianceBernstein report on China by Anthony Chan: the important change has to be for Chinese households to increase their propensity to consume, but without excessive borrowing. This will require tremendous efforts by the state to remove the http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/another-anti-wind-campaign Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:14:02 EST Three environmentalists were arrested in Maine protesting a wind farm, reports the FutureOfCapitalism bureau in Brunswick. The story: Maine Earth First spokeswoman Emily Posner says one woman who was arrested attached herself to a truck hauling a http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/the-elite-turn-against-obama Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:50:23 EST Lloyd Grove has quite the dispatch from the Aspen Ideas Festival, notices Michael Barone, who is also there. http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/an-anti-wind-campaign Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:27:21 EST The anti-windmill forces had a full page ad in the Vineyard Gazette over July 4 weekend. It's pretty well done and worth a look for anyone under the impression that, post-BP-spill, wind farms are going to face an easier time of it. http://localhost/capitalism/2010/07/david-frum-on-child-poverty Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:48:11 EST David Frum's post on child poverty and income inequality has attracted some favorable attention from the Washington Examiner's E.D. Kain, who calls the Frum item "excellent and thought provoking." Mr. Frum writes "America suffers much more child poverty