About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
Is Rogue Trader Taking a Fall for Corrupt UBS?
Swiss bank UBS trader Kweku Adoboli (left) was arrested early Thursday morning and charged with two counts of false accounting and one count...
Free Market Economist Cheers End of Borders Books
Dr. Mark Perry, economics professor at the University of Michigan and blogger at Carpe Diem joyously announced that the closing of Borders’ last...
Competing Currencies Would Expand Freedom While Limiting Government
One of the expert witnesses testifying before Ron Paul’s Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee on Tuesday was Dr. Lawrence H. White, professor...
Is Rick Perry Right? Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?
Presidential candidate Rick Perry (left) opined in the first Republican debate that Social Security is a ?failure? and a ?Ponzi scheme,? and then...
Ron Paul Wants Competing Currencies
On March 15, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 1098, better known as the “Free Competition in Currency Act of 2011,” which would...
Greek Prime Minister’s Promises Ring Hollow
Prime Minister George Papandreou’s speech on Saturday evening in Thessaloniki was designed to reassure not only his Greek citizens that all would be...
Bernanke: The Fed Has Only Two Tools Remaining to Boost the Economy
In his talk on Thursday to the Economic Club of Minneapolis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (left) warned the Congressional Supercommittee not to...
Small Italian Town Bids to Become Sovereign, Prints Its Own Currency
Following the announcement by the Italian Cabinet of additional austerity measures to include plans to combine all 1,963 towns in Italy with populations...
Steve Jobs’ Charitable Contributions: He Gave at the Office
Writing for the New York Times, Andrew Sorkin was puzzled that he couldn’t find any evidence that Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder, had given...
Legal Fallout From Housing Collapse Continues
The announcement by the Federal Reserve of an “enforcement action” against Goldman Sachs for engaging in “a pattern of misconduct and negligence” in...
Liberal House Member Being Investigated by Liberal Watchdog Group
Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif., left) used her congressional office funds to pay for a fancy $20,000 luncheon for some of her constituents in May,...
Krueger Is Obama’s Economic Council Chairman Pick
Next week President Obama will roll out his strategic jobs growth plan in a major speech, and has announced that his new chairman...
Thanks to Hurricane Irene, Business Is Booming!
According to Laura Chanthalath, manager at High’s Chimney Service, business is booming. Located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, her company might rebuild one chimney a...
Canada’s Remarkable Economic Recovery
In its annual Index of Economic Freedom, the joint effort by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, Canada ranks 6th among...
NY Times Targets Rep. Issa; Issa Fires Back
The implications in the New York Times? article about Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) were clear even in the title: ?A Businessman in...