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4 Ways to Improve the Tax Bill Dec. 12, 2017
The Senate-passed tax bill is a policy triumph that will provide a shot of performance-enhancing dru... Read More
Little Shelter in the Land of the Scam, Home of the Fleeced Nov. 28, 2017
A circle in hell has been set aside for financiers who fleece ordinary folks. This hot place has lon... Read More
The Wonderful World of Wall Street May. 26, 2017
Ever since I got sideswiped and have been driving a rental car, I've been without my Pandora station... Read More
The Santa Claus Effect May. 03, 2017
Dear Mr. Berko: I'm a happily defrocked priest, married with children, who has been reading your col... Read More
What's Wrong With Obama's Getting $400,000 for a Speech? May. 02, 2017
Reports that Barack Obama will receive $400,000 for a speech at a Wall Street health conference have... Read More
Hallelujah, Trump Rushes to Aid the Needy! Feb. 08, 2017
Of all the economic pain in America that Washington ought to be relieving, what group would you choo... Read More
How Trump Can Create a Bull Market Feb. 07, 2017
The stock market has risen about 9 percent since the election of Donald Trump, with an increase in w... Read More
'Populist' Trump Punks His Fans Feb. 03, 2017
There was never any reason to think that Donald Trump's stump-speech assaults on Wall Street banks a... Read More
Trump's Favorite Targets Are Republicans Dec. 27, 2016
Donald Trump has inspired so much fear among his Republican comrades that he no longer has to issue ... Read More
Clinton's Wall Street Speeches Were Actually Brilliant Oct. 20, 2016
I've dismissed talk of Hillary Clinton's "secrecy problem" as mere babble in an election year. I tho... Read More
Why Can't Our Economy Promote Equality and Shared Prosperity? Aug. 24, 2016
Instead of griping about the greedheads of Wall Street and the rip-off financial system they've hung... Read More
Et Tu, Bernie? Jul. 15, 2016
What an embarrassment for Bernie Sanders and those, myself included, who thought he would not descen... Read More
Money Going to Washington Jun. 15, 2016
According to a New York Post article (May 22, 2016), in just two years, Hillary Clinton — form... Read More
Puerto Rican Bonds and the Small Investor Apr. 28, 2016
The TV ads flash the noble faces of American retirees and urge Washington to help protect their savi... Read More
Bernie Sanders Should Stick to the High Road Apr. 05, 2016
Bernie Sanders started his campaign stumping for his ideals without savaging the likely Democratic n... Read More
Hillary Clinton Is Bad for Stocks and the Economy Mar. 22, 2016
In a supremely weird election season the latest weird twist is the consensus emerging on Wall Street... Read More
To Get America Moving, Tax Financial Transactions Mar. 02, 2016
The financial transaction tax is not an idea whose time has just now come; it simply has returned. F... Read More
'Bond Predators' on Puerto Rican Debt Want Their Bailout Dec. 29, 2015
Puerto Rico is sinking in $73 billion of debt. Mired in a long-running depression, the U.S. territor... Read More
Of Course We Should Let the Big Banks Fail Nov. 13, 2015
At the Republican Presidential debate earlier this week, Texas Senator Ted Cruz did something unusua... Read More
