Archive for November 26th, 2008

The Mortgage Crisis: Why Not Incentivize the Private Sector?

Andy Spero | November 26, 2008 | 0 Comment(s) |

In today’s (November 26) edition of The Wall Street Journal, there is a Deal Journal article entitled, “Paulson Plan: ‘Truly Idiotic.’”

Although we’ve not gone that far in describing TARP et al, we’ve been harshly critical of Mr. Paulson.  In fact, we’ve mentioned that his series of actions don’t seem to constitute an actual plan, because the word “plan” implies a certain degree of, well, planning or foresight and forethought, and those prerequisites seemed absent in his Panic of ’08.

The quoted accuser in the Deal Journal article is Charles Calomiris, a… Read the rest

Happy Thanksgiving!

Andy Spero | November 26, 2008 | 0 Comment(s) |

This year–the founding year of our various independent ventures–we are especially grateful for all that we have and have experienced.

So, we wish a Happy Thanksgiving to our family, friends, clients, and acquaintances (and even to our detractors and enemies, who unknowingly have provided truly invaluable assistance to us.)

However, we can’t offer Thanksgiving wishes without mentioning an excellent column that appeared in The Wall Street Journal three years ago this week.  It was an excerpt of History of Plimoth Plantation, which was written by colony’s governor, William Bradford.… Read the rest