Condoleezza Rice’s Political Future
California Republicans are definitely in need of big name star power to help bring attention to the party, and that was on display when former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addressed the state Republican convention this weekend. So, why is she not running for office? The Stanford professor says she is not interested […]
Finding $240 Billion for CalSTRS
A recent post at The Volcker Alliance examines a subject of great importance to the California Legislature this week as it searches for an extra $240 billion to pay for employee retirement costs. State and local government retirement costs are already rising but as Warren Buffett wrote recently, those outlays are just beginning their climb. […]
Taking the Main Street Off-ramp
To some, the $19 billion paid by Facebook for the Silicon Valley start-up What’s App represents the ultimate confirmation of the capitalist dream. After all, these riches are going first and foremost to plucky engineers whose goals are simply to make life better for the public. Got a problem with that? Yes, actually. Sure, people […]
Updated California Manufacturing Investment
Last month we showed you how California shaped up for manufacturing investments in the first three quarters of 2013. We just got the fourth quarter numbers and we have updated our chart below to indicate how it looks for the entire year. Basically we got 1.5 percent of the nation’s new or expanded facilities, accounting for 1.2 […]