Archive for Paul Rux
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The author is a Ph.D. student in educational administration at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is also a management consultant. The economist’s stock-in-trade—his tools—lies in his ability and proclivity to think about all questions in terms of alternatives . . . . The win-lose, yes-no discussion of politics is not within his purview. [...]
1Apr1988 | Paul Rux | 2 comments | Continued-
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JPMorgan Chase and Casino Banking
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Individualism, Trade-Unions, and “Self-Governing Combinations”
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Bubbles, Malinvestment, and Higher Education
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JPMorgan’s Blunder Is No Market Failure
I am not going to try to defend JPMorgan Chase for its recent, widely reported financial blunders. ... Read More
For Equality; Against Privilege
This TGIF originally ran July 7, 2006. The freedom philosophy can be boiled down to two phrases: for... Read More




