Jeffrey Carter is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and has been a “speculator” — independent trader — since 1988. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.
The proposal is an anti-free market prescription for choking off capital and entrepreneurship.
Three slight adjustments is all it will take ... and it won't cost a penny.
The Obama-Santelli controversy is grounded in the natural animosity between the markets and D.C. bureaucracy.
Henry Paulson's "solutions" are mostly aimed at propping up his Wall Street pals.
It is questionable whether the congressional bailout deal will do any good whatsoever.
The people Obama wants to tax are the very people whose wealth drives innovation.
Trashing speculators is all the rage, but let's separate the myths from the facts.