William Trumbull

Pew results on free trade amazing! http://bit.ly/NQ0Ji. 93% Chinese, 96% Indian favor free trade. Even 65% of Argentines do.

Scary factoid #1: Soc Security surpluses used to buy Treasuries. Interest paid in paper, not cash. "Surplus" is debt govt owes itself!

Factoid #2: Sos Security cash flow may go neg this year. See Aug 17 Fortune article by Allan Sloan.

Factoid #3: 2009 Soc Sec cash flow projected in 2002 was $115B. 2009 projection $19B based on lower unemployment than we have.

Problem with health-care debate is no one focusing on consumers not facing the cost of their decisions, which is what drives up cost.

Great article on health-care reform that does have the focus on cunsumer decisions: http://bit.ly/3miAXn

Statewide Business Plan Competition underway. To participate, see www.be.wvu.edu/bpc. Any student at any WV college eligible to compete.

Interesting article on "the right" in academia from the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://bit.ly/QRbNT.

@ccoyne1 With 40 of them!

Heading to Czech Republic March 22 - April 2.

Hemingway Bar: Cuba's Clever Daiquiri Diplomacy - The Atlantic: bit.ly/nu9fJ0 via @AddThis

Indecision 2012 - Corn Polled Edition - Ron Paul thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-augu…

Dan Pallotta's Winning Morality of Profit Essay http://bit.ly/9Er3NJ

Check this video out -- 2009 West Virginia Business Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtRmW6rWtEY

WSJ.com - Opinion: The Man Who Predicted the Depression http://bit.ly/4sYSBf

Check this video out -- College of B&E's presentation on The Business of Sports http://bit.ly/4xsn2U

Elinor Ostrom’s Nobel Prize in Economics | Foundation for Economic Education - http://shar.es/1kbKx

Change in Cuba comes in small steps. Very small! http://bit.ly/U8l7m via @addthis

Another interesting article on the economics of climate change and cutting carbon: http://bit.ly/44LiK4 Huffpost -

Interesting article on economics of carbon cuts - http://bit.ly/YmMfu