Gordon C. Boronow

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  Jul 30, 2015

  Summer Reflections From a Business Professor

  One of the best compensations a college professor receives is the summer holiday. No lectures to prepare, no papers or tests to grade, and no faculty committee meetings to endure.

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  Jul 3, 2015

  Dangerous Debt: Lessons From Greece

  In this Greek drama there are no good guys, only bad guys.

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  Jun 2, 2015

  May Jobs Report: Owing Your 'Soul' to the Company Store

  This Friday the Labor Department will release the Jobs Report for May. The monthly Jobs Report is based on data from a survey of 60,000 households and from a separate survey of business establishments.

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  Apr 26, 2015

  Taxpayer Democracy: My Thoughts on America's Tax Code

  Our largest expenditure each year, by far, is the share of earnings that goes to our national government. Like me, you probably carefully consider how to spend each available dollar left over after taxes.

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  Mar 30, 2015

  Same Old Story: 'Tax the Rich and Spread the Wealth'

  Frankly, I'm bored and wearied by the ongoing efforts of zealous "progressives" to demonize the "one percent".

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  Feb 24, 2015

  Give Me That Old-Time 'Fiscal' Religion

  A temporary timeout was called this week in the on-going Greek debt tragedy. Euro-zone officials and Greek politicians agreed on Friday to a four month extension of the default deadline to give themselves more time to find a solution to the intractable problem that the Greek government owes more debt than it can pay back.

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  Feb 2, 2015

  What a Week for the Stock Market and the Dow Jones!

  To put these numbers into perspective, the Dow would have to rise an average of 27 points per week to gain an 8% return for the whole year, close to its historical average return. The last six trading days wiped out nearly a half-year of average gains.

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  Jan 1, 2015

  One Hundred Years of 'No Respect' for Keynesian Economics

  One hundred years ago this month, a brilliant young British economist, Dennis Robertson, published, "A Study of Industrial Fluctuations". Economists regard it as a classic in the theory of the business cycle.

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  Dec 9, 2014

  Eric Garner Was Speaking for Many By Saying, 'Please, Just Leave Me Alone'

  I am angered however at the senselessness of the whole tragic episode. Why were the police even involved in this confrontation of a man who was bothering nobody? Mr. Garner was engaged in a peaceful act of enterprise, trying to earn a little income to live a little better.

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  Nov 10, 2014

  A Supreme Court Gamble

  Constitutional government in America, but could lead to even further damage to the rule of law. No, I am not referring to the elections.