Columbia University

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  ‘Depressed’ Stiglitz: Optimistic Scenario Is Japanese-Style Malaise

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 11, 2011

  According to Nobel Prize-winning Prof. Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University, an unwillingness to admit just how bad things were and an economic stimulus package that was inadequate got the U.S. into its present state, and the Fed can’t do anything more to help.

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  Nobel Economist Stiglitz Accuses Budget Hawks of ‘Deficit Fetishism’

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2011

  The Nobel Prize winner argues austerity measures limit growth; message aimed for Brussels or Washington?

• Climate Change Is Real, Says Deutsche Bank

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 14, 2010

  Deutsche Bank on Monday released a white paper titled "Climate Change: Addressing the Major Skeptic Arguments," citing "a determined assault" by climate science skeptics.

• Thirty for Thirty

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2010

  We present for your consideration 30 individuals who over the past 30 years--the period in which Investment Advisor has been serving independent and independent-minded advisors--have...

• Survey Says...

  By Nancy R. Mandell  |  April 20, 2009

  Financial education and a commitment to community and professional development define the goals of women who participated in Wealth Manager's 2009 Women in Wealth Management Survey.

• The Investment Classics

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  October 1, 2008

  In the middle decades of the 20th century, investment strategy took on a newly serious demeanor. Stock picking began to be something investors could think...

• Oil's Not Well

  By Alexei Bayer  |  August 1, 2008

  The residential area around Columbia University is very quiet on summer afternoons. Some local restaurants don't bother to serve lunch, and empty tables at Metisse,...

• How Will Capitalism Work in 2038?

  By Alexei Bayer  |  June 1, 2008

  In the early1990s, I got a job at an organization called Business International. For those who are not readily familiar with the communist ethos, the...

• First-Hand Look at the Fed

  By Alexei Bayer  |  January 1, 2008

  Since last September, Vincent Reinhart has been resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, where he has the freedom to conduct...

• Three Financial Aid Directors Fired

  By Kara P. Stapleton  |  May 23, 2007

  On Monday, May 21, 2007, Columbia University released its financial aid director, David Charlow, after documents became available showing that he promoted a student loan company in which he held a financial stake. Charlow had sent letters to parents and alumni on three occasions praising the lender--Student Loan Xpress.