karma

Karma, the Confidence Fairy, and the Debt Spiral

Floyd Norris’ article in Friday’s New York Times, In Europe, a Marriage Shows Signs of Fraying, quotes Jens Weidman, president of the Bundesbank. “A widespread lack of trust in public finances weighs heavily on growth,” he said. “There is uncertainty regarding potential future tax increases, while funding costs are rising for private …

Shakespeare and the Tax Code

There is a review of the new film “Anonymous” in the newspaper. I haven’t seen the film, but as a former Literature major I am not unaware of the various theories surrounding the true authorship of Shakespeare’s work. In most cases the storyline is, “Shakespeare is a commoner and thus …

The 77% Karma

I know it’s no longer a new article (October 16, 2010), but I just read and want to comment around Jonathan Haidt’s What the Tea Partiers Really Want, from The Wall Street Journal. Karma is the word he thinks describes how tea partiers and conservatives view the world. “The law …