Archive for James L. Doti
Henry Salvatori: A Man of Integrity
Dr. Doti is President of Chapman University in Orange, California. Everyone seems to have strong beliefs these days. No one seems to be reticent about sharing those beliefs with anyone who will listen. Whether it is a question about government being bigger or smaller or taxes being higher or lower or welfare spending going up [...]
1Oct1995 | James L. Doti | 0 comments | ContinuedIo Leggo e Scrivo
Dr. Doti is Professor of Economics at Chapman College, Orange, California. Giuseppe Doti was a reader and writer. He had other jobs that paid money, but when asked what he did for a living, he would say, “Io leggo e scrivo.” After emigrating to America, he found his ability to read and write a rare [...]
1Aug1990 | James L. Doti | 0 comments | ContinuedRoger and Me and Free Enterprise
Dr. Doti is a professor of economics at Chapman Col. lege, Orange, California. Film-maker Michael Moore’s very funny satire, Roger and Me, has opened to almost universal critical praise and audience approval. Unfortunately, the fact that audiences across the country are largely accepting Michael Moore’s message hook, line, and sinker is sobering, especially when one [...]
1May1990 | James L. Doti | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Price of Chiminelli Seeds and Regulation Q
Dr. Doti is Professor of Economics at Chapman College in Orange, California. In a way, searching for the chiminelli seed was a search for my roots. That thought struck me as my great aunt, Si Annunciata, and I climbed the barren and parched hills of Brienza, Italy, to locate the rare and elusive chiminelli bush, [...]
1Jan1990 | James L. Doti | 1 comment | ContinuedRavioli and the Economics of Trade
Dr. Doti is Dean of The School of Business and Management, Chapman College, Orange, California. Memories are formed more by discontinuities than continuities in our lives. Because of this, I think, the only Christmas I remember well is a Christmas celebrated away from home, a Christmas spent in Little Italy. It is a Christmas memory [...]
1Dec1986 | James L. Doti | 1 comment | ContinuedBocce and the Economics of Collusion
Dr. Doti is Dean of School of Business and Management, Chapman College, Orange, California. The names of the characters in this article are fictitious. Without government intervention, monopolistic agreements are inherently unstable. It’s all in the wrist. That was my conclusion after learning the basic techniques of bocce from my Uncle Rocco (Si Rocco). The [...]
1Mar1986 | James L. Doti | 0 comments | ContinuedItalian Lemonade
Dr. James Doti is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Research, Chapman College, Orange, California. The taste of Italian lemonade . . . . How can one describe it? Can’t be done! For Italian lemonade to be at its best, it takes more than the right blend of ice, sugars [...]
1Jul1984 | James L. Doti | 0 comments | ContinuedCommare NCiuzza and the Loan Shark
Dr. James Doff is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Research, Chapman College, Orange, California. I had just purchased an Italian lemonade and was contentedly licking a chunk of lemon peel embedded in the ice as I walked across the intersection of Aberdeen and Taylor. Just then, two black sedans [...]
1Aug1983 | James L. Doti | 0 comments | ContinuedCapitalism and Greed
Dr. James Doti is associate professor of economics and director of the Center for Economic Research, Chapman College, Orange, California. Before economics became a science of economic models, theoretical proofs and irrational rationality it was called moral philosophy and dealt with how individuals live their lives. A comprehensive philosophy of life was presented during the [...]
1Nov1982 | James L. Doti | 16 comments | Continued-
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