Has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act increased corporate costs without strengthening corporate governance?

Efforts to encourage investor confidence are fundamentally misguided. A skeptical disposition is much better for investors and for the proper functioning of the economy as a whole.

Why are so many investors boors?

I’m not talking about a couple of bad eggs here or there.  As far as I can tell, there’s a distinctive phenotype that may not describe all investors, but certainly seems to capture far more than chance alone would dictate.

Boors, you ask? ...

This event will discuss the role Sarbanes-Oxley played in the financial crisis.

If Kurdistan is truly going to become a new Dubai or Bahrain and bolster its wealth and living standards to first world levels, it must rein in corruption or change the leadership which refuses to do so.

Dodd-Frank overall is a poorly drafted statute that drastically expands the power of the federal government, creates new bureaucracies staffed with thousands, and does little to help the struggling American citizen.

Venezuelans may have to wait to sift through the rubble of the Chavez regime before they get a clear explanation for Mr. Chavez's recent reckless decisions. In the meantime, regardless of whether Mr. Chavez knows he is dying sooner or hopes he is dying later, it is apparent that he doesn't give a damn about the harm he is doing to the Venezuelan people or the mess he will leave behind.

Obama has shown an unwillingness to change tack after economic conditions have changed dramatically and continues to pursue policies that hurt Americans rather than bolstering economic confidence and activity.