Articoli di: Harvey D. Shapiro Harvey D. Shapiro
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/ 17 marzo 2012 16:23

The Short-Term Crusaders

Sir D. W. Brogan, the British political scientist, once noted that Americans are notoriously short-term crusaders. That explains a great deal of what is – and is not — on the current American agenda. The U.S. is now in a Presidential election campaign that is focused almost entirely on domestic issues. While policy wonks debate the Euro, China, exchange rates, [...]

/ 18 gennaio 2012 16:57

It’s the economy stupid

“It’s the economy stupid.” – Mantra of Bill Clinton’s 1992 Presidential campaign “You can’t beat somebody with nobody.” – Popular American political adage “All politics is local.” – Longtime Boston politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives “Tip” O’Neill Those axioms encapsulate three of the traditionally most important themes in American politics, and the 2012 Presidential election campaign, which [...]

Visti da Wall Street, Do the Rating Agencies Deserve an F?0
/ 10 gennaio 2012 16:39

Visti da Wall Street, Do the Rating Agencies Deserve an F?

As MF Global was hurtling toward one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history this fall, Moody’s Investor Service and the Fitch Group, two of the three major global credit rating agencies, didn’t downgrade its bond rating until a few days before the firm went bust and the third rating agency,, Standard & Poors Corp., didn’t downgrade MF Global to [...]