by Brian Garst | Dec 15, 2014 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Energy
At a time when positive economic trends are hard to come by, much of America is benefiting from a gas and oil boom. Thanks to technological advances like fracking, domestic energy production of oil and gas has grown tremendously. The new supply has lowered the cost of...
by Brian Garst | Nov 10, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Competition, Regulations
The internet has prospered free of government control and regulation. The relative lack of barriers to commerce and trade offered by the internet has foster significant growth and innovation. President Obama’s announced desire to regulate the internet as a...
by Brian Garst | Nov 4, 2014 | Blogs, Constitution
A New York Times op-ed by a Duke professor and a student argues that midterm elections are passé. A cynic might conclude something about the timing of this realization – that it coincides with an election in which the party favored by academia (and the New York Times)...
by Brian Garst | Nov 1, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review on October 31, 2014. The Treasury Department issued a proposed rule in late July that will impose greater regulatory obligations on U.S. banks. Put forward by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) under the...
by Brian Garst | Oct 22, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Thomson Reuters Accelus on October 13, 2014. A key component in the implementation of the United States’ massive financial dragnet, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), was the promise of reciprocal information sharing...
