Archive for Peter G. Klein
Mergers and Acquisitions: Why Greed is Good
Dr. Klein is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia, and an Adjunct Scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. In 1989 the New York investment banking firm of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) shocked the corporate world by acquiring RJR-Nabisco, the food and cigarette giant ranking nineteenth on the Fortune 500 [...]
1Sep1995 | Peter G. Klein | 4 comments | Continued-
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JPMorgan Chase and Casino Banking
JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the nation’s leading banks, revealed in May that a London trader racked... Read More
Individualism, Trade-Unions, and “Self-Governing Combinations”
Who do you imagine said this? “[Trade-unions] seem natural to the passing phase of social evolution,... Read More
Bubbles, Malinvestment, and Higher Education
Many commentators are asking whether the next big bubble to burst will be the debt associated with the... Read More
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
