by Bruce | April 29, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Partnership Structures
On the balance sheet of essentially every corporation of any size or degree of profitability appears the line, “Retained Earnings.” I have never seen such a line on the balance sheet of any law firm. Why not? More importantly, what should the capital...
by Bruce | April 24, 2009 | Articles, Finance, Globalization
Where are we going and when is this interregnum going to end? That’s the question on everyone’s lips. Today I have three scenarios and a coda. Caveat lector: I don’t know which of the scenarios is most likely, but I do endorse the coda as I have few...
by Bruce | April 20, 2009 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership
I’ve been toying with a column that would have the title, “Where’s the Leadership?,” taking us more or less to task for not exercising what historically has been an impressive and legitimate leadership role in re-shaping the financial...
by Bruce | April 16, 2009 | About the Site, Articles
Welcome to the new, redesigned “Adam Smith, Esq.” The site is now just over five years old, so a fresher, cleaner, crisper look seemed in order. I hope you agree that we may have achieved, or at least advanced, those goals. Although the look may have...
by Bruce | April 14, 2009 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership
Every once in awhile, a genuinely novel idea comes up in economics, and you would think that given the generally impenetrable, contradictory, and confused commentary emanating from far and wide about our current situation, now might be a propitious time for a truly...
by Bruce | April 8, 2009 | Articles, Finance, Globalization
More than ample is the ink that’s been spilled over trying to explain just exactly what we’re going through economically: Is it a bad recession? A near depression? Is it analogous to 1929? Is it analogous to….? Does our salvation lie in monetary...