Politics

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  [Article] The Timing and Character of Investment Legislation

  Professor Nofsinger reviewed all major investment legislation from the 1920s to present. He found that the character of each new investment law reflected the direction of the stock market prior to its enactment.
   
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  [Article] The Land of Flint and Steel

  Social clashes take myriad forms, but one bellwether rift that has an almost perfect record of erupting into open hostility right at the onset of major downturns is in the Mideast.