Ed Barton, JD, LLM, MBA, CPA, CFA, EA
Law, Tax, Finance, Turnaround Management and Transparent Leadership
Welcome to BA225 – Business Law. I am looking forward to spending the next few weeks with you as we learn about how the law and legal environment impact business operations. A few things as we dig into the semester…
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Welcome to BA311 – Money and Banking. I am looking forward to spending the next few weeks with you as we learn about how the financial markets and economic policies impact business operations. A few things as we dig into…
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This is absolutely the wrong way to deal with the press, even hostile or “fake news” press, and the actions by the administration are unacceptable. White House bars Daily News, multiple outlets from press briefing The White House barring multiple…
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Welcome to BA300 – Principles of Finance. I am looking forward to spending the next few weeks with you as we explore Corporate Finance. A few things as we dig into the semester – Tests and homework will be open…
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I’m continuously amused or aggravated (depending on my mood) on the “news” in my Facebook feed. Usually posted by folks with no clue (and my clues are limited). “If ‘everyone’s entitled to their opinion’ just means no one has the…
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I was raised in a Democratic household, by a Truman Democrat father and a Kennedy Democrat mother. Dad was active in the party. I collected ballot signatures as a kid. Bobby Kennedy was practically canonized in my house, and the…
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The ability to have free trade in goods and services helps more than it hurts. Those negatively affected must be helped to transition, but the world is a better place when goods and services, instead of weapons and soldiers, cross…
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After 8 years of aggressive policy moves by both the Bush and Obama administrations, little has fundamentally changed in the economic life of the average American. We are no longer looking at a collapse of the banking system, but underemployment,…
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On this Constuitution Day weekend, one of the timeless components that has allowed the United States Constitution to survive for over 225 years has been the design elements that help prevent self-dealing and reduce overt temptation. John Rawls (1921-2002), an…
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While there is an argument that the normative “should” questions of the law create an interesting approach to legal thinking, there are many areas, particularly in constitutional law, where the positive analysis of what the Constitution says and the interpretation…
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