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Time and Me on the Mark Cuban Insider Trading Case

Steve Bainbridge
November 25, 2008 18:51

There is an excellent post on Time.com addressing the legal issues in the SEC’s insider trading case against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. I spoke to the reporter at some length and was really impressed with her concern for getting it right, which is reflected in the care and...

Revisiting the Bailout: Was the Nonfinancial Sector Really at Risk?

Steve Bainbridge
October 29, 2008 00:38

An interesting new paper by economists V.V. Chari, Lawrence Christiano, and Patrick Kehoe, who are affiliated with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, raises doubts as to some of the chief arguments made in favor of the bailout. The authors concede that there is a financial sector...

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Steve Bainbridge
January 15, 2009 21:58

As part of rolling out the new site, I am now providing a full feed. Going forward, however, the feeds for the separate blogs will be disabled and only the feed for ProfessorBainbridge.com will work. If you currently subscribe to one of the separate blog feeds, please subscribe to...

What’s Going On at PB.com

Steve Bainbridge
January 14, 2009 23:56

The attentive reader will have noted that posting has dropped way off. First, there was the vacation. Too much fun to worry about posting. Then there was the Christmas to New Years-plus cold. Then school started. And now the cold has turned into bronchitis. All of which has left me with little...

Against Ideology

Steve Bainbridge
January 09, 2009 22:22

Frank Pasquale endorses Jack Balkin’s endorsement of ideology: Apparently the message of Tom Daschle’s confirmation hearing today was standard anti-partisan fare: “‘We will be guided by evidence and effectiveness, not by ideology,’ Mr. Daschle told the Senate...

Red State Update Review of 2008

Steve Bainbridge
January 09, 2009 22:03

I haven’t checked in with the guys at RSU since the election, but they pretty much capture my attitude about 2008: [continued on site]

Too much time on their hands

Steve Bainbridge
January 09, 2009 22:01

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I love Congress

Steve Bainbridge
January 09, 2009 19:34

The new year is only nine days old and already the Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress are providing us with all sorts of comic relief: First, Harry Reid and the Senate Democratic Caucus categorically refused to seat Blagojevich stooge Roland Burris. Then they realized the whole thing...

Martino on Gaza

Steve Bainbridge
January 08, 2009 21:31

Cardinal Renato Martino recently compared Gaza to a “big concentration camp.” This provoked outrage, as well it should: The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that this amounted to “Hamas propaganda”, and accused the cardinal of ignoring Hamas’s “numerous...

Jimmy Carter: Hamas’ useful idiot

Steve Bainbridge
January 08, 2009 21:10

Carter’s column on why the war in Gaza was Israel’s fault includes this gem: Hamas wanted a comprehensive cease-fire in both the West Bank and Gaza, and the Israelis refused to discuss anything other than Gaza. What Hamas wants is the destruction of Israel. Every analysis of the...