March 6th, 2010 by Paul
New Fortune.com managing editor (and ‘95 Medill grad) Daniel Roth (@danroth) gave me a chance the other day to write a guest column on transparency and financial recovery and XBRL. It’s now here.
Thanks to another Fortune.com editor, I’m reminded of a lesson I learned myself at Medill (‘86) about the value of good editing. My [...]
February 20th, 2010 by Paul
I’ve been the strongest possible advocate for global free trade ever since my Soviet Economic Institutions professor diverged from the syllabus to draw Ricardo’s theory on the board and prove unequivocally and concisely that it makes everyone better off. I still am. Dennis Santiago, however, makes strong arguments for local investing for California and Los [...]
February 14th, 2010 by Paul
I watched a C-SPAN replay tonight of a Jan. 29 panel at Davos in which five industry leaders pontificate about the future of the world. This was after tonight’s 60 Minutes lead report on the exclusive Davos gathering. The 60 Minutes report was as good as ever, but a failure of vision makes itself apparent [...]
January 28th, 2010 by Paul
BRUSSELS–As I’m enjoying outstanding Belgian cuisine with the family of a CLOUD, Inc. colleague after a day of meetings about how computer standards can improve the clarity and efficient use of information and provide for more accurate evaluation of the trust that one might place in information, a 500-mile drive south of here the world’s [...]
December 16th, 2009 by Paul
Charlie Hoffman just made the most enlightening post I’ve read in a long time. It’s no accident that the best journalism is
December 10th, 2009 by Paul
Updated: 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15
Government Transparency
Updates:
The House approved S. 303 by voice vote on Monday, Dec. 14. The bill text and debate are immediately below; the debate starts on page H14837. An easier-to-read version of S. 303 is also below. The most important part of the bill, about data standard requirements, is in xml [...]
November 19th, 2009 by Paul
A few days ago I tweeted a question about whether a theory that less expensive stock trading contributed to fewer IPO’s holds water. The theory is that cheaper trading results in less revenue to fund analyst coverage of companies hoping to go public in the $50 million – $100 million range. In the 90s, a [...]