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The S&P Report: From Due Diligence to Due Deference

THE S&P REPORT: FROM DUE DILIGENCE TO DUE DEFERENCE

May 1, 2011

Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:

Introduction
On Monday, April 18th, Standard and Poor’s, Inc., a ratings firm, lowered the outlook on the United States’ credit standing to “negative” from “stable,” without lowering our AAA/A-1+ rating, the highest possible, which we share with the U.K., France, Germany, more »

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MERS: Legal Standing and Lost Revenue to Counties and States

February 18, 2011

Dear Montgomery County and Maryland Officials: more »

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Summer Reading for When Markets Rule

SUMMER READING FOR WHEN MARKETS RULE

August 15, 2010

Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:

Introduction
As we mentioned when we sent out Part I of the Essay Who is Obama’s “Forgotten Man?” one week ago, Part II was to follow as a review of four books, with commentary on contemporary events woven into the text. more »

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Who Is Obama's "Forgotten Man?"

WHO IS OBAMA’S “FORGOTTEN MAN?”
(FIELD NOTES FROM THE “LAGGING INDICATORS”)

These unhappy times call for the building of plans that rest upon the forgotten, the unorganized but the indispensable units of economic power…that put their faith once more in the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid…No Nation can long endure half bankrupt. more »

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