Category: 2017
Bitcoin: Drawing the Line Between Investors and Gamblers
People who bought and held their .01 bitcoins from 2010 could have enjoyed an increase in value of 119,999,900 percent. If...
- December 12, 2017
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Why Keep the Mortgage Interest Deduction Intact for Now
Arguments over the mortgage interest deduction are not new and arise from both sides of the political spectrum. It’s important...
- November 24, 2017
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
The Looming Public Pension Fund Crisis
The United States’ public pension funds are in a terrible predicament. As of August 2017, Bloomberg reported that 43 out...
- October 23, 2017
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Astrid F. Kowlessar
U.S. Healthcare: The Most UnAmerican Industry
In the past three decades, the U.S. healthcare industry has evolved to resemble a poorly regulated market, where financial incentives...
- October 10, 2017
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Paul Vancea
Understanding and dealing with bubbles – a review of the state of the art
Take a close look around you. There seems to be today bubbles boiling up everywhere. There are bubbly stock markets...
- September 27, 2017
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
RENEWABLE ENERGY: A COMPLEX SYMPHONY TO BE CONDUCTED, NOT REGULATED
The U.S. energy industry is undergoing a change of direction, as President Trump focuses on economic policies that help the...
- August 22, 2017
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Paul Vancea
The Financial Power of Impact Investing
For many years the divide between instruments of philanthropy and investing has been clear cut. Investing strategies typically did not...
- June 2, 2017
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Astrid F. Kowlessar
Chinese Investments in U.S. Real Estate – Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Recommendations
As the world’s second largest economy, China’s influence on the global economy is expanding at a furious pace, thanks in...
- April 18, 2017
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Astrid F. Kowlessar
A Case For US Infrastructure
US infrastructure policy has failed dismally over the past two decades. The nation’s decision makers must agree that American roads,...
- April 4, 2017
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Astrid F. Kowlessar
