Volcker’s Clarion Call Imagine being able to consult Albert Einstein about a physics conundrum, or FDR or Lincoln about an existential national emergency (like the one we’re facing now, perhaps). Having Paul Volcker, the 82 year-old former Fed Chairman, still on the scene and available to advise and guide is truly a stroke of good...Read More
Dear Barney: Read This! Imagine Ted Kennedy, before he died, admitting that the health care reform bill was a mess and that everyone should start over. Or John McCain saying that campaign finance laws were unworkable, and should be scrapped (actually, the Supreme Court just said that). So it’s big news when Congressman Barney Frank,...Read More
“Oprah,” “Ellen” . . . and “Nell!” Nell Minow, scheduled to testify before Congress on Friday on the subject of Wall Street pay, is one of my favorite people . . . in the world (at least that I’m not related or married to). She has been following executive pay for decades, and no one...Read More
