Nate Oman | March 31, 2009
Here is my theory du jour about the origins of the financial crisis, suggested by one of my students: blame it all on the true sale doctrine or rather on its evisceration. Stick with me to the end, and I have some overly broad generalizations about expertise, property rights, and Hayek.
The “true sale doctrine” is [...]
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Nate Oman | March 30, 2009
…or at least they liked my Co-op post on A Merchant of Venice. Cool.
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Nate Oman | March 24, 2009
Over the weekend, I re-read A Merchant of Venice, and I was struck by the fact that Shakespeare manages to include in the play virtually every element of the current financial crisis. Scene one begins with a discussion of risk assessment, and Antonio’s belief that he has managed to tame the vagaries of commercial fate [...]
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