Category: Financial Policy Council
The Activist Investor: A True Ally of Corporate Governance
Activist investors: Publicly listed companies fear them. Corporate governance pundits generally do not trust them. Retail investors quietly applaud them,...
- November 3, 2015
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Astrid F. Kowlessar
Is the Intellectual Elite Out of Touch with Reality?
It has been a central conceit of the progressive movement since the early 1900’s that simply getting enough smart people...
- November 2, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Harvard Business Review: Candid Arrogance or Just Plain Stupidity?
A few years back, I was in Hsinchu, Taiwan, (aka “Science City”) lecturing on technology strategies to 35 vice presidents...
- October 23, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Smart v/s Wealthy
While you may think that being smart, motivated, and talented would logically make you wealthy, unfortunately, this is often not...
- August 10, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
US Infrastructure Development: A Case for Public Private Partnerships
A nation is nothing without infrastructure. It is the literal blueprint which allows education, healthcare, commerce and trade to expand...
- June 13, 2015
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Astrid F. Kowlessar
Will Wall Street ever be fixed?
When it comes to the financial industry, there is a major fallacy that exists: that Wall Street deals only with...
- May 26, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Entrepreneurship: The Way To the Future?
A decade ago, nearly all of the smartest business school graduates flocked to Wall Street traditional corporate jobs in finance...
- April 27, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Financial Policy Best Practice Framework
On March 18th 2014 the US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen stated the need for “reasonable confidence” in order to...
- March 24, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Why Financial Education?
It is a sad fact today that most people starting with students are financially illiterate. Here are some sobering facts:...
- March 9, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Central Banks: A Question of Governance
Fiscal year 2015 is upon us, and is fast becoming the year of historic monetary policy changes in light of...
- February 5, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
