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Economic Altruism
The coming “intelligence” panacea is a certain scare for worker’s wages, and returns to labor. Concerns abound over job disruption, means...

Brian Clark
Apr 28, 20186 min read


Regulatory Outtrades
Traditionally, counterparties executing swaps transactions in the unregulated Over-The-Counter (“OTC”) marketplace maintained entire...

Brian Clark
May 12, 201411 min read


X-Prizes and Winner-Take-All
Notions regarding specialization in a trade or product are long established principles of societal efficiency, promoting access to goods...

Brian Clark
Dec 12, 20125 min read


The Age of Microsecond Trading
Mashing-up two-unrelated topics. Let me know if I’ve been successful, or failed miserably, in the comments below. Topic #1: Chinese...

Brian Clark
Aug 28, 20124 min read


Smooth Criminals
Disclaimer: I work in regulation in the financial services industry. My commentary, from time-to-time, will reflect on experiences and...

Brian Clark
Aug 16, 20125 min read


Oligopolies ~= Monopolies
FIRST POST: While this may be long for a first post, it’s actually a portion of a paper I wrote for one of my law school classes. Any...

Brian Clark
Aug 14, 201213 min read
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