By Ryan Derousseau “In their pitch for tax reform, President Trump and congressional Republicans have made promises that evoke Oprah Winfrey’s talk-show days. (“You get a tax cut! You get a tax cut!! YOU get a tax cut!!!”)”… [Click HERE to read the full…
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Recognition of AIR research, opinions, and people in the media and elsewhere
Seattle Times is providing PR for Boeing’s greedy execs
By Charles Mudede “When Boeing announced yet another round of job cuts, and not just any old cuts, but cuts to technical and engineering jobs, Dominic Gates of the Seattle Times explained the situation exactly the way Boeing executives wanted it explained. It…
Why buybacks matter
By Christopher Gannatti “Share buybacks have become a major focus of conversation within the investment industry—most recently due to speculation that if the U.S. government were to institute some sort of “repatriation holiday,” profits currently being held overseas to avoid taxation…
Harvard Business School and the propagation of immoral profit strategies
By Duff McDonald “In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, much of the country was enraged because not a single Wall Street hotshot—the guys who got us into the mess—was prosecuted. While there are many financiers who could have…
Banks are spending billions to make rich people richer
By Zach Carter “The CEO of America’s largest bank made a startling announcement last week: His company has too much money, and he plans to throw away its profits on rich people. He didn’t quite put it that way, of…
Corporate buybacks and capital investment: An international perspective
By Joseph W. Gruber and Steven B. Kamin “In recent years, a great deal of attention has been paid in the United States to the simultaneous occurrence, depicted in Figure 1 below, of relatively weak corporate capital investment (especially at…
The ‘barbarian’ at Harvard Business School’s gate
By John A. Byrne “So why did you decide to write about the Harvard Business School? I was having dinner with someone when The Firm (his book on McKinsey & Co.) came out and I said to him, ‘I don’t know…
Building the case for long-termism
By Jem Hudson “In the current environment, investors are confronted with a unique investment climate in which near-term considerations might differ significantly from long-term investment objectives. This has amplified investor focus on short-termism, as evidenced by the recent stock market…
Confirming Team Trump: Jay Clayton can boost the economy by reining in Wall Street at the SEC
By Elaine Kamarck and William A. Galston “This week, the Senate will conduct confirmation hearings on Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). No doubt the news will be overshadowed by all the other big…
Why Bernie is the most popular politician in America
By Les Leopold “Bernie Sanders has the highest approval rating of any politician in the country with 61 percent approving, with only 32 percent disapproving, according to a March 15 Fox News poll. The Sanders 29-plus percent favorable/unfavorable gap is far…
