Archive for Ninos P. Malek
Fast Food and Personal Responsibility
Ninos Malek teaches economics at San Jose State University, De Anza College, and Valley Christian High School. By now everyone knows that the fast-food chains are being sued because they allegedly contribute to obesity. On Fox’s “Hannity and Colmes” program last July, Samuel Hirsch, the attorney who filed lawsuits against McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and [...]
1Jan2003 | Ninos P. Malek | 2 comments | ContinuedIt’s Unpatriotic to Raise Prices After a Disaster?
One issue that caused a minor controversy after the terrorist attacks on September 11 was so-called price gouging. On his popular TV show, The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly made a big deal of it with Jennifer Granholm, attorney general of Michigan, and Dan Mogin, a consumer lawyer from California. O’Reilly accused the Sheraton Hotel at [...]
1Feb2002 | Ninos P. Malek | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Force of Economics
Ninos Malek teaches economics at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California, and is an economics lecturer at San dose State University and DeAnza College. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away . . . there were economists who tried to explain economics in clear terms. Unfortunately, there are only a [...]
1Dec1999 | Ninos P. Malek | 0 comments | Continued-
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