Category Archives: Business

Read Mises Economics Blog: Austrian Economics and Libertarian Political Theory: Senators’ Stocks Beat the Market to learn how Senators have learned how to beat the stock market — making consistently above average returns. It’s amazing how smart you can get … Continue reading →

Read Mises Economics Blog: Austrian Economics and Libertarian Political Theory: Government Shuts Down Teen Entrepreneur to learn of a teen that put together a business and was shut down by the government because he wasn’t licensed. I understand that licensing … Continue reading →

One of those wonderful essays that needs full reading. It examines the arguments for protectionism and counter-arguments against it. As you can imagine from the title The Dangerous Nonsense of Protectionism, the author Murray N. Rothbard is for free-trade. As … Continue reading →

Virginia Postrel examines free trade zones and the history of the US. Read her NYT article for the entire bit: Economic Scene: U.S. Is a Case Study in Free Trade. Those who didn’t snooze the entire time during high school … Continue reading →

Eisner just got a vote of no confidence from Calstrs — the California State Teachers Retirement System. So says WSJ.com – Calstrs To Withhold Vote For Eisner As Disney CEO (paid subscription required). It is the money folks, not the … Continue reading →

Knowledge@Wharton is a business ezine that I get in my inbox roughly monthly. It usually tackles a defined business theme (outsourcing, intellectual property, etc), but this month’s newsletter seemed to be a grab-bag of articles. One article was about outsourcing … Continue reading →

Holman Jenkins weighs in on the Comcast / Disney takeover. In Comcast-Disney: One Big Talking Point? (paid subscription required), he states: That said, last week’s Comcast offer isn’t a good deal for Disney, even if Comcast’s Brian Roberts is hoping … Continue reading →

WSJ.com has a new page dedicated to the recent Comcast bid for Disney. Paid subscription is required. It may be found at: http://online.wsj.com/page/0,,2_1070,00.html. I’m skipping a lot of the articles, so subscribers should go over there to read everything. Also, … Continue reading →

Bill Mann has weighed in on the business side of the recent Comcast/Disney news in Fool.com: Comcast’s Hostile Tango [Commentary] February 11, 2004. (Free membership required) As I have stated earlier, I don’t like the idea. While Bill seems to … Continue reading →

As both a shareholder and stakeholder in Disney, I’ve signed up at SaveDisney.com. Check them out by clicking on the banner below. I don’t think the Comcast take-over bid is the way to go, but I do feel that Eisner … Continue reading →