Archive for Michael S. Rozeff
Michael Rozeff is the retired holder of the Louis M. Jacobs Chair in Finance at the University of Buffalo.
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash
The stocks of banks, investment banks, and associated financial institutions declined severely in 2007-08 when their many bad loans, first in subprime mortgages and then in other securities, surfaced. Scholars will be pondering this event for years to come, as they have with the Great Depression. In this instant and brief history, Charles Morris, lawyer, [...]
24Apr2009 | Michael S. Rozeff | 1 comment | Continued-
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Contraception: Insuring the Uninsurable
Update below. Controversy rages over the Obama administration’s mandate that all employers – including... Read More
The Snow Plowers’ Petition
The following might have happened in a small college town in upstate New York… In a cold and snowy... Read More
Super Bowl versus Education?
In the spirit of Super Bowl weekend I’d like to deconstruct a Facebook status update that a friend... Read More
Capitalism, Corporatism, and the Freed Market
When a front-running presidential contender tells the country that thanks to Barack Obama, “[w]e are... Read More
Creating Jobs versus Creating Value
Picking on New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is one of the largest participation sports on the Internet.... Read More
