Alan Greenspan has his indicators, but my economic barometer is based on what I like to call the "Tchotchke Index." If the economy is doing well, goes my reasoning, the quality and originality of trinkets that companies give away ...READ»
Eighteen years after a far less furrowed Ayn Rand acolyte named Alan Greenspan took over the Federal Reserve, the inscrutable chairman marked his final appearance before Congress today. This amazing longevity -- consider that he held ...READ»
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan denied that he was somehow responsible for what he called a "once-in-a-lifetime credit tsunami" to lawmakers today in Washington, D.C.READ»
The full text of a new anthology published by the Cato Institute is now available online. The Future of Money in the Information Age includes essays and articles by Alan Greenspan and a host of other economic thinkers, theorists, and ...READ»
Each spring, corporate America's preeminent chieftains offer sage counsel to eager university graduates across the nation. Here's our Class of 2005.READ»
Best Analysis of business excess "It is not that humans have become any more greedy than in generations past. It is that the avenues to express greed had grown so enormously." - Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, testifying ...READ»
Alan Ganek is VP of Autonomic Computing for IBM. What follows is a partial transcript of his Supernova talk:
We tend to think about autonomic computing in terms of enterprise, but this concept has traction in small and medium-sized ...READ»
A Kick In the Career: In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern takes a stab at the banking industry, but promises there's light at the end of the tunnel.READ»
We've heard all the proposals for reform. More oversight. Tighter controls. Tougher penalties. Here's a radical idea! What if CEOs had to earn their pay?READ»
Sound and Fury
Markets continued their volatile ways last week. We began with a 400 point up day on Monday and ended with a 300 point down day on Friday. In between, we had a series of wild swings, exacerbated by large hedge ...READ»
So, why become a gold bug, now, (GLD, GDX) you ask. The simple answer is the respite from Armageddon we purchased with poorly planned deficit spending during 2008’s financial implosion has an expiration date. Vigorish charged by the world for our initial greed and incompetent rescue will soon come due.READ»
Okay, so I didn't go to Harvard. But I did graduate from that other Massachusetts university with such celebrated alumni as Tipper Gore and Hadassah Lieberman. Boston University may not have the brand-name appeal of Harvard ...READ»
I gave a talk on Marketing Technology in Troubled Times at the recent Software Business conference in San Francisco. Seems that the topic is popular as I have been invited to give the same presentation via webinars in December to the ...READ»
While the pundits point to real estate speculation and bank insolvencies as the chief cause of California--and the nation's--financial distress, these are both direct results of the late 90's explosion of computer innovation and Internet proliferation. That's right: The Internet crashed the economy.READ»
Stephen Colbert Goes Iraqi
Late night faux-newsman Stephen Colbert will be broadcasting four shows
from Baghdad, Iraq next week in a USO tour entitled, "Operation Iraqi
Stephen: Going Commando." Colbert is ...READ»
The 21st century is upon us, and it's time to make some defining choices. A Fast Company-Roper Starch Worldwide Survey posed some stark trade-offs. Here's a report on your choices.READ»
