{"id":3355,"date":"2025-06-25T10:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/?page_id=3355"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:01:39","slug":"general-interest-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/index.php\/general-interest-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"General Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt’s Time to Unleash the Public Markets.\u201d<\/a> Barron\u2019s<\/em> January 2, 2026<\/p>\r\n

\u201cTariffs Won\u2019t Break the Economy. Corporate Shakedowns Might.\u201d<\/a> Barron\u2019s<\/em> August 23, 2025<\/p>\r\n

“Universities Won\u2019t Like What It Would Take to Truly Say No to Trump<\/a> ” Barron’s<\/em> April 15 2025<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIs DeepSeek Really a Threat<\/a>\u201d Project Syndicate<\/em> April 10, 2024<\/p>\r\n

“AI Can’t Live Up to the Market’s Expectations<\/a>” Barron’s<\/em> September 15 2024<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe Boring Truth About AI<\/a>\u201d Project Syndicate<\/em> January 30, 2025 \u201cThe Selective Sovietization of American Capitalism<\/a>\u201d Project Syndicate<\/em> December 31, 2021<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cCapitalism Won\u2019t Thrive on Value Investing Alone.\u201d<\/a> Harvard Business Review Digital Articles<\/em> (June 1, 2021).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Leif Pagrotsky, 2020, \u201cSeparated By A Common Infection<\/a>\u201d Think Global Health (<\/em>published by the Council on Foreign Relations) <\/em>May 6, 2020<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cMurky Data Calls Into Question Quarantine Strategy<\/a>\u201d\u00a0Financial Times\u00a0<\/em>March 25, 2020<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cTo Make Banks Stable, End, Don\u2019t Mend, the Repo Market<\/a>\u201d 2019. Wall Street Journal<\/em>. October 2, 2019<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0 \r\n\r\n<\/span> \u201cCongress Should Set the Fed\u2019s Inflation Target\u2014Ideally at Zero.\u201d<\/a> 2018. Wall Street Journal<\/em>. November 7, 2018<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cSkepticism Beats Snopes as an Antidote to Fake News.\u201d<\/a> 2018. Wall Street Journal<\/em>. June 8, 2018<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cCorralling the Info-Monopolists<\/a>\u201d Project Syndicate<\/em> May 14, 2018<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cWhy We Need Traditional Banking<\/a>\u201d National Affairs<\/em> Winter 2018 pp. 78-92<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cConstraining Knowledge: Traditions and Rules that Limit Medical Innovation<\/a>,\u201d 2017. Critical Review<\/em> Vol. 29 Iss. 1 no.1 pp 1-33 edited from (How) Can We Do Better? Lessons from HIV-AIDS<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Equifax Critics Are Missing the Bigger Point<\/a>. 2017. Wall Street Journal<\/em>. September 13, 2017<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cEasy money is a dangerous cure for a debt hangover<\/a>.\u201d 2016. Financial Times<\/em> August 17, 2016<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cWhen it comes to ISIL Europe is repeating the sins of its fathers\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 Quartz<\/em> January 7, 2016<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Anders Barsk \u201cBrexiters are making a dangerous mistake in their argument for leaving the EU<\/a>\u201d Quartz<\/em> June 21 2016<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Third World in the First World<\/a> Politico \u2013 Europe<\/em> online July 3, 2015<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Support for Free Speech Is Not Support for More Surveillance<\/a>, 2015. January 22, 2015, Washington Monthly <\/em>on-line<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cProfits Don\u2019t Create Inequality\u201d<\/a> 2014 Barron\u2019s <\/em>November 22, 2014<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Pankaj Ghemawat, \u201cClay Christensen\u2019s theories are great for entrepreneurs, but not executives\u201d<\/a> Quartz\u00a0 <\/em>October 9, 2014<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cDon\u2019t believe brokers, the government, or Piketty\u201d<\/a> Quartz<\/em> May 31, 2014<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cA Law Unto Themselves\u201d<\/a> City Journal<\/em> January 30, 2014<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cRe-Decentralizing\u00a0the Fed\u201d <\/a>Project Syndicate<\/em> October 9, 2013<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cWanted:\u00a0A Boring Leader for the Fed\u201d<\/a> New York\u00a0Times <\/em>August 21, 2013 p A23<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Edmund Phelps, \u201cCentral\u00a0Banking Needs Rethinking\u201d<\/a> Wall Street\u00a0Journal <\/em>July 16, 2013, page A15<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cSkinned\u00a0in the Game\u201d<\/a> Barrons\u00a0<\/em>June 23, 2012<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Christopher Papagianis \u201cTo\u00a0Save Money-Market Mutual Funds, Scrap Them\u201d<\/a> Bloomberg.com June 13, 2012<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cIn\u00a0Praise of the Beleaguered Euro\u201d<\/a> (2012) Wall\u00a0Street Journal<\/em> May 8, 2012 A13<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cDebt\u00a0Reckoning for Europe\u201d <\/a>Project Syndicate<\/em> April 2012<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cBring\u00a0Back Boring Banks\u201d<\/a> (2012) New York\u00a0Times<\/em> January 4, 2012 p. A23<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cMessy\u00a0Government is a must for modern America\u201d<\/a> (2011) Financial Times<\/em> October 6, 2011 p.9<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Indeterminate Goodness of the Economy (and Life)<\/a>\u201d Comments at The Center on Capitalism and Society\u2019s 9th Annual Conference on: \u201cPhilosophical Foundations of Economics and the Good Economy: Individual Values, Human Pursuits, Self-Realization and Becoming.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Edmund S. Phelps, \u201cThe Root of\u00a0All Sovereign-Debt Crises\u201d <\/a>Project\u00a0Syndicate<\/em> August 2011<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Edmund S. Phelps, \u201cMore\u00a0Harm Than Good\u201d<\/a> Newsweek <\/em>July 11, 2011<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cBank\u00a0Regulation\u2019s Capital Mistake\u201d<\/a> Project\u00a0Syndicate<\/em> July 2011<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Upside of Spending\u201d<\/a> New York Times\u00a0<\/em>Opinion February 8, 2011<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cTo\u00a0fix our banks we must go back to the 70s<\/a>\u201d (2011) Financial Times<\/em> January 10, 2011 p.9<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Trouble with Robo-Lending\u201d<\/a> (2010) Wall Street Journal<\/em> November 13, 2010 A11<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cDon\u2019t\u00a0Expect Much From the R&D Tax Credit\u201d<\/a> (2010) Wall Street Journal<\/em> September 11, 2010,\u00a0A15<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Judgment Deficit\u201d<\/a> (2010) Harvard\u00a0Business Review<\/em> Vol. 88 No. 9 p.44-53<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cLet\u00a0Bankers Be Bankers<\/a>\u201d Forbes.com<\/em> September 25, 2009<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cLet\u2019s\u00a0Break up the Fed<\/a>\u201d (2009)Wall Street Journal <\/em> July 29, 2009 p. A15<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cAn Accident\u00a0Waiting to Happen<\/a>\u201d (2009) Critical\u00a0Review<\/em> 21(:2-3) 211-247<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cIn\u00a0Praise of More Primitive Finance<\/a>\u201d (2009)The Economists\u2019 Voice<\/em>: Vol. 6: Iss. 3, Article 8.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Venturesome Economy<\/a>\u201d (2009) Journal\u00a0of Applied Corporate Finance<\/em> Vol 21. No1\u00a0pp. 8-23<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cYou\u00a0Can\u2019t Rush a Recovery<\/a>\u201d (2009) Wall\u00a0Street Journal<\/em>, April 9, 2009 p. A15<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Upside of the Worst of Times\u201d New\u00a0York Times<\/em> Opinion March 18, 2009<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cConsumers\u00a0Can Still Spot Value in a Crisis<\/a>\u201d (2009) Wall Street Journal <\/em>March 12, 2009 p. A15<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cDon\u2019t\u00a0Believe the Stimulus Scaremongers<\/a>\u201d (2009) Wall Street Journal<\/em> February 17, 2009 p. A15<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cHow\u00a0Banking Diversification Steered us Wrong<\/a>\u201d BusinessWeek<\/em> February 9, 2009, p. 30-31<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cInsiders and Outsiders<\/a>\u201d Forbes.com <\/em>September 25, 2008<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Carl Schramm, \u201cPhelps\u2019s Prize\u201d<\/a> Jan 29, 2007. The Wall Street Journal <\/em>p.\u00a0A16<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Edmund S. Phelps, \u201cClassical\u00a0Theory versus the Real World\u201d<\/a> July 25, 2005. The Wall Street Journal <\/em>p. A14<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cTax and Spend,\u00a0Please\u201d <\/a>Project Syndicate<\/em>, November\u00a02004 (Unabridged version) <\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cMore,\u00a0bigger faster\u201d<\/a> Across the Board<\/em>, September-October 2004 (based on Oct 2003 Working\u00a0Paper, \u201cHard-headed\u00a0optimism about globalization\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cMissing the\u00a0true significance of outsourcing\u201d<\/a> Asian Wall Street Journal<\/em>, June 23, 2004.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe\u00a0global economics of desire\u201d <\/a>Project\u00a0Syndicate<\/em> February 2004<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cBusiness as usual after boom and bust.\u201d Financial Times<\/em> July 9, 2001, Mastering Investment series<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cDavid and Goliath, Reconsidered,\u201d Harvard Business Review<\/em>,\u00a0V 78, N 5, pp. 26-27, September-October 2000<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cWill the real entrepreneur please stand up?\u201d Wall Street Journal Europe<\/em> August 7, 2000<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer<\/a>,\u201d Harvard Business Review<\/em>,\u00a0V 73, N 6, pp. 120-130, November-December 1996.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cFair Stock Markets:\u00a0 The Hidden Cost,\u201d The New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0January 22, 1995.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cHigh cost of liquidity,\u201d Financial Times<\/em>, December 13, 1994.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cEfficient Markets, Deficient Governance,\u201d Harvard Business\u00a0Review<\/em>, V 72, N 6:\u00a0 pp. 129-139, November-December 1994.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cHow\u00a0Entrepreneurs Craft Strategies That Work<\/a>,\u201d Harvard Business Review<\/em>,\u00a0V 72, N 2:\u00a0 pp. 150-161, March-April 1994.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cReturn to Judgment,\u201d Journal of Portfolio Management<\/em>, V\u00a020, N 2:\u00a0 pp. 19-25, Winter 1994.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cClinton Business Plan:\u00a0 Help Unwanted.\u201d\u00a0 The New York Times<\/em>, May 9, 1993, p F11.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cBootstrap\u00a0Finance: The Art of Start-ups<\/a>,\u201d Harvard Business Review<\/em>, V 70,\u00a0N 66, November-December 1992: pp. 109-117.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cReversing Corporate Diversification,\u201d Journal of Applied Corporate Finance<\/em>, V 3, N 2: pp. 70-81, September 1990.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With Howard Stevenson, \u201cWhy Be Honest if Honesty Doesn\u2019t Pay,\u201d Harvard Business Review, V 68, N<\/em> 5: pp. 121-129, September-October 1990.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cIn Praise of Corporate Raiders,\u201d Policy Review<\/em>, The Heritage Foundation, N 47: pp. 21-23, Winter 1989.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cWhy Not Leverage Your Company to the Hilt?,\u201d\u00a0Harvard Business Review<\/em>, V 66, N 3:\u00a0 pp. 92-98, May-June 1988.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cHustle as Strategy,\u201d Harvard Business Review<\/em>, V 64, N 5: pp. 59-65, September-October 1986.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cNot Just a Fast-Buck Craving; What\u2019s Driving MBA\u2019s to Wall Street,\u201d New\u00a0York Times<\/em>, July 27, 1986.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cBeyond Keynes: Demand Side Economics,\u201d Harvard Business\u00a0Review<\/em>, V 6, N 4:\u00a0 pp. 100-110, July-August 1983.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cJapan\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Liberalized\u2019 Capital Market Is No Boon to Foreign Competitors,\u201d The Los Angeles Times<\/em>, July 15, 1984.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cFinding Economic Formulas for the Third World,\u201d\u00a0(book review) The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, March 22, 1983.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cIndia\u2019s\u00a0Conflict Between Dirigisme and Democracy,\u201d The\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em>, May\u00a017, 1982.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cLooking at how managers work with workers,\u201d (book review) The\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em>, October\u00a020, 1981.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cExchange Rates:\u00a0 Floating Does It Better,\u201d The Wall\u00a0Street Journal<\/em>, September\u00a022, 1981.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe Crucial Weaknesses of Japan Inc.,\u201d The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, June 8, 1981.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt’s Time to Unleash the Public Markets.\u201d Barron\u2019s January 2, 2026 \u201cTariffs Won\u2019t Break the Economy. Corporate Shakedowns Might.\u201d Barron\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3355"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3488,"href":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3355\/revisions\/3488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhide.net\/wordpress_files\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}