Rep. Gingrich: Text of Special Order on “Freedom’s Future: The Free World and the Soviet Empire”

Given the conversation among Elliott Abrams, @RichLowry, Jeffrey Lord, and others about the March 21, 1986, House special order speech by Rep. Newt Gingrich, I…

Paul Wilkinson

Dec 29, 2010

Level the Playing Field: Business Securities and Investors vs. Mortgage Securities and Borrowers

It was nice last week to be included as a signer of a letter organized by Chris Whalen to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Comptroller of the Currency, the…

Paul Wilkinson

Sep 1, 2010

On the Other Side of Transparency Street

A brilliant classmate at Northwestern University on his way to medical school used to break into “On the Sunny Side of the Street” every once in a while. I don’t remember exactly why, but it’s a wonderful memory.

Paul Wilkinson

May 18, 2010

Technology, Social Justice, and Making Things Better

UPDATE: CROP Walk web donations are closed but you can designate gifts (or make general donations) via the DonateNow or JustGive buttons on the RUMC home page.

Paul Wilkinson

Mar 6, 2010

My Fortune.com Piece: California Sunshine for Shadow Banking

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.

Paul Wilkinson

Feb 20, 2010

Local Investing Can Build Global Markets

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…

Paul Wilkinson

Feb 14, 2010

Davos Mistakes about Securitization

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…

Paul Wilkinson

Jan 28, 2010

My Davos Contribution: How Finance and XBRL Can Restart Sustainable Growth

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…

Commented on “A VC”

The Dragon App for the iPhone works pretty well too — it seems faster and almost as accurate as V10 of the full program on my PC, although as someone who was trained to write on a keyboard, I’m more comfortable typing — even though I think my writing may sometimes be better when it’s dictated…

Paul Wilkinson

Jan 5, 2010

Economic Choice vs. Political Choice

Some choices are better made economically, with individuals able to decide for themselves how to maximize their own utility by allocating their own resources as they see fit. Other choices are better made politically, with groups deciding how to allocate their…