Category: Theory
19 February, 2013 (16:50) | Argentina, Capital markets, dictators, Egypt, Global news, Government, Primer Posts, Speculation, Theory |
By:David A. Smith As far as I can tell, dictatorships end in only three ways: internal revolution, aggressive war, or economic collapse from hyperinflation, a theory we are close to testing in Argentina (Washington Post, February 4, 2013), and could possibly come to a crucial test a few months hence in Egypt Reuters (January [...]
18 January, 2013 (11:02) | Apartments, Law, logic, New York City, ownership, Rent control, Rent Stabilization, Rental, Theory |
By:David A. Smith Convicted of multiple crimes, a homeowner is about to be deported after several years in prison, but before he leaves, he wants his girlfriend to have his house, only his ex-wife and her children (two of them this) refuses to leave. So he goes to court to evict her. Pretty [...]
27 November, 2012 (15:22) | Argentina, Bonds, Capital markets, Collateral, equitable principles, Global news, Law, Recapitalization, Sovereign bankruptcy, Theory, Workouts |
By:David A. Smith Though virtue often has to be its own reward, every now and then standing up for principle and not knuckling under to sovereign coercion is sometimes acknowledged even if not rewarded, and that is rare enough to be celebrated even if it is only an interim victory, as reported recently in the [...]
21 November, 2012 (12:13) | Celebrities, Charities, Development, Disaster relief, Haiti, Housing, Non-Profits, Theory, urban redevelopment, Wyclef Jean, Yele |
[Continued from yesterday's Part 2 and the preceding Part 1.] By:David A. Smith Now, after two days of demolishing the reputation of Wyclef Jean’s charity, Yele, using evidence presented in an exhaustive article in New York Times (October 11, 2012), the Times reporter settles down to presenting the material for a corruption indictment: [...]
20 November, 2012 (09:30) | Celebrities, Charities, Development, Disaster relief, Haiti, Housing, Non-Profits, Theory, urban redevelopment, Wyclef Jean, Yele |
[Continued from yesterday''s Part 1.] By:David A. Smith Yesterday’s post used a thorough and heartbreaking article in New York Times (October 11, 2012) to introduce Wyclef Jean’s now-defunct charity, Yele, and showed how it was part and parcel of a life story he was weaving in which heroic young Wyclef makes a success [...]