What Happened When China Knocked on Apple’s Backdoor
Apple’s standoff over the FBI’s demand to crack open the cellphone used by San Bernardino killer Syed Rizwan Farook is more than a quintessentially American debate over the limits of privacy in an era of terrorism. It has also shone…
The Government’s Decades-Long Battle Over Encryption
The FBI wants to crack open a mass shooter’s iPhone, and Apple has refused to cooperate. It’s a story for the 21st century, but the roots go back a whole generation earlier, to the 1990s when the FBI and other…
5 Of Trump’s Many, Many Terrible Business Failures He’s Not Bragging About
Trump’s Business Failures Demonstrate Why He Should NEVER Be President “Make America great again?” It’s funny how the Trump campaign has the audacity to suggest that moving forward rather than backward is a horrible concept. Even more hilarious? Trump’s business…
Big Banks: Still Too Big To Fail?
Big Banks: Still Too Big To Fail? by Fran Reed, FactSet A surprising new voice has emerged in the “too big to fail” debate: a Federal Bank Reserve President. Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari this week publicly advocated for breaking…
9 Key Points About Trump’s Income Taxes (And Many More Questions)
Donald Trump, challenged again to release his tax returns, offers a nonsense excuse for keeping them secret. But worse than that, the national political reporters covering Trump’s presidential campaign have, yet again, missed big, obvious stories about his conduct and…
New Data Shows Young Voters Should Scare The Crap Out Of The GOP
New Polling Data Shows Young Voters Yearn For A More Progressive America The GOP tends to be wrong about a great many things, but at least, their name – The Grand Ole’ Party – is on the money. According to…
The Risks Wrought By “Very” Negative Interest Rates
As the world’s central banks continue to weigh the risks and potential benefits from negative interest rates and for some, even moving further into negative territory, it’s no surprise that investors are worried. But when desperate times call for desperate…
Insider’s View To Oscar-Nominated ‘The Big Short’
The following is excerpted from a Q&A with former Citigroup risk executive and current finance professor Clifford Rossi: “ Living Through the Big Short” Insider’s View To ‘The Big Short’ SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Feb. 25, 2016 — With roles…
Bernie Sanders cleaned Chris Matthews clock in one on one interview (VIDEO)
Bernie Sanders stood his ground against Chris Matthews assault Bernie Sanders went mano a mano with Chris Matthews and he did not allow Matthews’ plutocratic defeatist message to take hold. It was beautiful. The exchange snippets in the clip in…
Advice To The President: Addressing A Financial Crisis In The First Year
Advice To The President: Addressing A Financial Crisis In The First Year Robert F. Bruner University of Virginia – Darden School of Business November 15, 2015 Abstract: If confronted with a major financial crisis in the first year (2017) of…