The Hollowing Out of America There have always been two Americas: the rural, onetime agricultural America; and the urban, once the-center-of-manufacturing America. In 1900, America was a rural country with a rural-to-urban population ratio of 60:40. By 1950, the country had become urbanized with a ratio...
Insider Trading Everyone’s doing it …, right? Of course not. Everyone knows that it’s against the law to trade on inside information … right? And that stealing mis-appropriating material, nonpublic information for personal gain will get you into deep legal trouble … right? Everyone...
The Art of the Deal What is President Trump’s strategy in trade negotiations with China … in the pre-negotiation sanctions imposed on Iran … in the sanctions imposed some time ago on and ongoing negotiations with North Korea … in the sanctions threatened against Turkey …...
Rent Stabilization/Control is Back With a vengeance. At least it now is in New York State (and is a growing trend in a few other States as well). Although tenants love it today, will they still love it … tomorrow (with a bow to Carole King). Although 2019’s...
Leaving the European Union Is Brexit a Good Idea or a Bad Idea? That depends on who you are and what your definition is of “a good idea.” Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party frontrunner for Prime Minister, believes Brexit is a terrific idea. That’s because he thinks...
The Canary in the Gold Mine It wasn’t until 1913 that miners were first urged to bring caged canaries down into coal mines. They became the early 20th Century’s biological early warning system for detecting the presence of carbon monoxide, a deadly killer of coal...
