The two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark , concluded with the leaders of the world’s five largest e...

That is an ugly chart. It is from economist Emmanuel Saez , and what it depicts is a historic surge in inequality at the very top of the...

During the pre-Christmas hustle and bustle of gift buying and bargain shopping, it is not unusual for many parents and God-parents to forego...

The Section on Socio-Economics plans an all day meeting on January 7, 2010 addressing " The Economic Recovery and the Obama Presidency ...

In yesterday's New York Times, an important (and under the radar) op-ed was published by Eliot Spitzer , Frank Partnoy and William Blac...

Just last week I wrote about executive salaries and compensation on this blog . I think it is important to revisit the issue in a sense. Las...

For almost five weeks I resisted seeing the movie “Precious ”. I didn’t want to see the movie because I’m tired of the omnipresent ste...

Late last month, President Hugo Chavez threatened to nationalize Venezuelan banks that had violated banking regulations. "Do you want m...

Barney Frank did it . He passed a sweeping financial reform bill entitled The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 . Wei...

On Friday, Kenneth Feinberg, the White House’s “pay czar” unveiled new pay restrictions that are aimed to limit the pay for top employees am...

The House of Representatives just voted to approve the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 . The 1,279 page bill (pre-am...

Important matters that have crossed the wires in recent weeks: (1) On apologies and regrets : In November, the Wall Street Journal report...

Emory University School of Law’s Center for Transactional Law and Practice is delighted to announce its second biennial conference on the te...

The Trilateral Commission arouses many conspiracy theories . A recent story about the number of Trilateral appointments in the current adm...

The economic meltdown has fallen hardest on minority Americans and communities of color in the United States. As discussed many times on th...