July, 2009 - Archive

The Assault on American Business
Chris Banescu  |  July 27, 2009

The message from Washington is clear and getting louder by the day. If you run a successful business you face excessive government regulations and higher levels of taxation for years to come. The more productive and profitable you become, the more you will be forced to pay for the privilege of operating in [...]

The New ROE: Return On Ethics
Chris Banescu  |  July 22, 2009

Forbes | by Sharon Allen | July 21, 2009
With everyone’s current focus on the economy, you might assume I’m talking about that traditional financial metric, return on equity. But the ROE I advocate is different. It’s return on ethics. This ROE is really more mindset than measure, an approach to encouraging the highest standard of [...]

A Lesson in Stupid Tax Policy
Chris Banescu  |  July 13, 2009

American Thinker | by Daniel Salvaterra | July 12, 2009
North Carolina is a state with a huge budget deficit. It is one of the worst state deficits in the nation at $4.6 billion or 21% of the general fund budget for fiscal year 2010. In addition, North Carolina has the 5th worst unemployment rate in [...]

Information Overload? Relax
Chris Banescu  |  July 6, 2009

The Wall Street Journal | by L. Gordon Crovitz | July 6, 2009
Just in time for summer, Crown Imports has brought back a popular television advertisement for its Corona beer that first aired in 1998. The new one shows a man at the beach skipping rocks into the sea. He decides to do the [...]