by Girish Anand | Mar 31, 2009 | Random Musings
I’m beginning to think this recession, depression, or whatever it is, is going to make Eurosocialists out of all of us, even me who was bred on free market capitalism (and often victimized by it too). There’s a great discussion forum on the New York Times...
by Girish Anand | Feb 9, 2009 | Random Musings
A theory from 1999 is resurfacing as the world plunges deeper into its current economic woes: The theory that the building of skyscrapers predates economic doom. This tidy bit of logic was conceived by Andrew Lawrence, at one time a researcher for Deutsche Bank. Here...
by Girish Anand | Jan 8, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, Random Musings
This morning I was poring over a press release from a law firm advising employers to use caution and follow labor law mandates in laying people off in hard times. The release began by lamenting a 40-percent rise in business bankruptcies in the 12-month period ending...
by Girish Anand | Dec 11, 2008 | Random Musings
I call it “The Immaculate Recession” because our current turmoil seems to be solidifying what should’ve been obvious a long ago:Â We are no longer an Industrial Revolution economy; we’re the Information Age economy, and in that area, we still...
