Archive for Richard L. Lesher
Another World
Dr. Lesher is president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce If it sometimes seems as if Federal bureaucrats inhabit a different world from the rest of us—it is because they do. A case in point is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), an independent agency that among other things sets rates for transportation of natural [...]
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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




