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James Kwak is a former McKinsey consultant, a co-founder of Guidewire Software, and currently a student at the Yale Law School. He is a co-founder of The Baseline Scenario.

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James Kwak's Latest Articles | 133

Salespeople and Programmers

Dec 24, 2009| 

Tyler Cowen asks why pay across software programmers is not more unequal. He cites John Cook, who argues that differences in programmer productivity are difficult... Read »

Whence the Deficit?

Dec 23, 2009| 1

A couple of weeks ago I did a a basic calculation to see why the medium-term national debt picture has gotten so much worse in the last two years. There’s no new... Read »

If Wall Street Ran the Airlines …

Dec 21, 2009| 

New York Times headline: “U.S. Limits Tarmac Waits for Passengers to 3 Hours.” Just imagine … ◊◊◊◊◊◊ Representatives of industry associations reacted... Read »

Small Steps and Health Care Costs

Dec 18, 2009| 

Hey all you deficit hawks out there. Atul Gawande, the person of the year when it comes to health care, has a long article on the cost-cutting proposals in the health... Read »

The Myth of Dick Fuld

Dec 16, 2009| 

Wall Street critics often say that compensation should be in long-term restricted stock so that managers and employees do not have the incentive to take excessive... Read »

What’s Up with Citigroup?

Dec 16, 2009| 

On Monday, Citigroup (C) received permission from its regulators to buy back the remaining $20 billion in preferred shares held by Treasury because of its investments... Read »

A Partisan Post, You Have Been Warned

Dec 11, 2009| 1

Last night I read a post by Brad DeLong that made me so mad I had trouble falling asleep. (Not at DeLong, mind you.)  There’s really nothing unusual in there... Read »

Revolution and Reform

Dec 7, 2009| 

Many of us bloggers are better at criticizing than at proposing anything — especially when the world makes it so easy to be a critic. The Epicurean Dealmaker,... Read »

Why Did Bank of America Pay Back the Money?

Dec 4, 2009| 1

Everybody knows by now that Bank of America (BAC) is buying back the $45 billion of preferred stock that the government currently owns. While the reason why they... Read »

Never a Good Sign

Dec 2, 2009| 

The board of GM asked Fritz Henderson to resign as CEO. I don’t have an opinion on Fritz Henderson. But here’s the worrying bit, from the New York Times article: “’Fritz... Read »

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