Authors: Donald Luskin,Andrew Greta
Index
AB32 (carbon emissions tax law)
Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Advanced Microsystems, Inc. (AMI)
Akston, Hugh
character description
Milton Friedman comparison
Alcorn, Al
Allen, Paul
Allison, John.
See also
Branch Banking and Trust Company (BB&T)
on BB&T corporate philosophy
on charity
enthusiasm for Rand literature
on honesty
on independent thinking
on integrity
John Galt comparison
on justice
move to academia
on pride
on productivity
and property rights
on reason
trader principle
Amanpour, Christiane
Amelio, Gil
Anderson, Martin
Anthem
(Rand)
Antitrust law
Apple Computer.
See also
Jobs, Steve
Apple I and Apple II
iMac
iPod introduction
iTunes
Lisa computer
Macintosh
Newton
stock price graph
Aristotle
ARM.
See
Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)
Asian flu
Atlas Shrugged
Hugh Akston (
see also
Akston, Hugh)
James Taggart (
see also
Taggart, James)
John Galt (
see also
Galt, John)
portrayal of heroes and villains in
reviews of
Robert Stadler (
see also
Stadler, Robert)
Wesley Mouch (
see also
Mouch, Wesley)
Bailouts
Bank of America
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
OneUnited Bank
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
Ballmer, Steve
Bangs, Robert
Banking crisis of 2008.
See also
Mortgage credit bubble and crisis
events leading up to
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
Bank of America
and Countrywide Financial
government bailout of
Barksdale, Jim
Bear Stearns
Bernanke, Ben
Berners-Lee, Tim
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Blair, Jayson
Boies, David
Braiterman, Andy
Branch Banking and Trust Company (BB&T).
See also
Allison, John
corporate purpose
employee training program
honesty (value #5)
independent thinking (value #3)
integrity (value #6)
justice (value #7)
leadership and corporate philosophy
price (value #8)
productivity (value #4)
reality (value #1)
reason (value #2)
self-esteem (value #9)
Southern National Bank merger
teamwork (value #10)
Branden, Barbara
Branden, Nathaniel
Brock, Rod
Buckley, William F.
Buffett, Warren
Burge, Frank
Burns, Arthur
Calame, Byron
California Proposition
Cameron, Henry
Campbell, Bill
Capitalism, morality and
Capitalism and Freedom
(Friedman)
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
(Rand)
Carmack, John
Chambers, Whittaker
Charity/philanthropy
Bill Gates
John Allison
Steve Jobs
T. J. Rodgers
“Chicago school”
Citigroup
Collective, The
Collectivism
Collins, Gail
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
Computer Center Corporation (C-Cubed)
Conrad, Kent
Cook, Scott
Corrigan, Wilf
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
Countrywide Financial.
See also
Mozilo, Angelo
automated underwriting system (CLUES)
board of directors
company beginnings
company meltdown
falsification of loan applications
lending policies
loan defaults
under Loeb leadership
relationship with Fannie Mae
SEC v. Angelo Mozilo
stock price history
subprime lending
2007 earnings conference call
VIP loan program (Friends of Angelo)
Covin, Geoff
Cypress Semiconductor.
See also
Rodgers, T. J.
charitable giving
company beginnings
core values
executive compensation
hiring practices
and SunPower
D'Anconia, Francisco
character description
T. J. Rodgers comparison
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Department of Justice
Digital Research
Discoveries
vs
. inventions
Disney
Dodd, Christopher
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Doerr, John
Donohue, Phil
Dowd, Maureen
Draft, abolition of
Drinan, Robert
Dudman, Jack
Dyson, Esther
Economics: An Introductory Analysis
(Samuelson)
Edwards, John
Eisenhower, Dwight
Ellison, Larry
Eminent domain.
See
Property rights
Enron
Evans, Kent
Evasion
Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2006 (H.R. 5121)
Fair-value accounting
Falcon, Armando
Fannie Mae.
See also
Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)
and Countrywide Financial
Daniel H. Mudd
government takeover of
Herb Moses and
John Allison on
subprime loans
2008 stock sell-off and collapse
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005 (H.R. 1461)
Federal Reserve.
See also
Greenspan, Alan; Mortgage credit bubble and crisis
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fernandez, Bill
Florida presidential election results controversy
Fortune
magazine
Fountainhead, The
(Rand)
Henry Cameron
Howard Roark (
see also
Roark, Howard)
Frank, Barney
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
ethics inquiry
family and upbringing
first Congressional run
meeting with John Allison
personality and political background
personal life
role in mortgage credit bubble and crisis
on staff of Kevin White
as state representative
Wesley Mouch comparison
Freddie Mac.
See also
Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)
government takeover of
John Allison on
relationship with Countrywide Financial
2008 stock sell-off and collapse
Free market economics.
See also
Friedman, Milton
Free to Choose
(TV miniseries)
Friedman, Milton
and abolition of draft
and Alan Greenspan
beliefs and principles of
Capitalism and Freedom
and the Chicago school
on corporate social responsibility
early career
early life/education
economic theories of
Free to Choose
(TV miniseries)
on government spending
on greed
Hugh Akston comparison
influence of
on Nobel Prize
on role of government
“Roofs or Ceilings? The Current Housing Problem”
views of,
vs
. Paul Samuelson
Why Government Is the Problem
Friedman, Rose
Galt, John
character description
John Allison comparison
Garment, Leonard
Gates, Bill.
See also
Microsoft
Altair 8800 project
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
early business ventures
entrepreneurial accomplishments
evolution of Microsoft
Harvard years
Henry Rearden comparison
introduction to computers
John Allison on
Lakeside Programmers Group
media persecution of
Microsoft antitrust allegations and trial
“An Open Letter to Hobbyists”
philanthropy
upbringing/early life
Gates, William (father)
Gates Commission
General Electric Credit
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, The
(Keynes)
Ginnie Mae.
See also
Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)
Gold standard
Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs).
See also
Fannie Mae; Freddie Mac
creation of
mortgage credit bubble and crisis
reform legislation for
Great Depression
economic theory on
Friedman on
Great Unraveling, The
(Krugman)
Greenspan, Alan
on antitrust statutes
as CEA chair
early political involvement
events leading up to global financial crisis
as Federal Reserve chair
friendship with Ayn Rand
and Gates Commission
“irrational exuberance” speech
Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) crisis
Objectivist Newsletter
contributions
and Richard Nixon
Robert Stadler comparison
“stealth gold standard”
Harrington, Michael
Heckler, Peggy
Henson, Christopher
Hewlett, Bill
Holt, Rod
Holtz-Eakin, Douglas
Homebrew Club
Honesty
Housing and Community Development Act
H.R. 1461
H.R. 5121
IBM
Independent thinking
Individualism
IndyMac Bank
Integrity
Intel
Intuit
Inventions
vs
. discoveries
iPod
Jackson, Alphonso
Jackson, Jesse
Jackson, Thomas Penfield
Jobs, Paul and Clara
Jobs, Steve.
See also
Apple Computer
at Atari
beginnings of Apple Computer
early life
Howard Roark comparison
iMac
iPod introduction
Lisa computer
Macintosh
and music industry/iTunes
and NeXTSTEP
persistence/determination of
and Pixar/Disney
at Reed College
return to Apple
on success
Johnson, James “Jim”
Jones, Clinton, III
Jones, Homer
Jones, Richard
JPMorgan Chase
Justice
Katzenberg, Jeffrey
Kelo v. City of New London
Kemp, Jack
Kessler, Alan
Keynes, John Maynard
Alan Greenspan and
on gold standard
Paul Krugman and
theories on economic policy
Kildall, Gary
King, Kelly
Krugman, Paul
on Alan Greenspan
conflicts with Donald Luskin
economic forecasting
Ellsworth Toohey comparison
and Enron
lifestyle of
and Mahathir Mohamad
Krugman Truth Squad (KTS)
Kuznets, Simon
Lakeside Programmers Group
Land, Edwin
Lasseter, John
Lehman Brothers
Lenz, Sydney
Lewis, Kenneth
LifeBoat Associates
Loan underwriting standards
Loeb, David
Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM)
Lucas, George
Luskin, Donald, conflicts with Paul Krugman
Lydon, Christopher
MacGregor, Scott
Mahathir Mohamad
Mankiw, Gregory
Markkula, Mark
McMurray, John
Merrill Lynch
Metcalfe, Bob
Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS)
Microsoft.
See also
Gates, Bill
antitrust suit against
competitor complaints about
DOS purchase
evolution of
FTC investigation of
and industry competition
Netscape Communications complaint
products
stock price history
work ethic at
Mitchell, Joan
Monetary History of the United States
(Friedman and Schwartz)
Morgenson, Gretchen
Mortgage-backed securities (MBSs)
Mortgage credit bubble and crisis.
See also
Countrywide Financial; Fannie Mae; Subprime loans
absence of integrity
Angelo Mozilo and
Barney Frank and
and denial of reality
and failure of independent thinking
graph of home prices
vs
. mortgage credit
John Allison on
and mathematical modeling
repairing damage from
Mortgage products
Moses, Herb
Mouch, Wesley
Barney Frank comparison
character description
Mozilo, Angelo.
See also
Countrywide Financial
compensation
and evolution of refinancing
fraud and insider trading charges
Friends of Angelo/VIP loans
and growth of Countrywide
James Taggart comparison
personal approval of loans
rags-to-riches background
relationship with Jim Johnson
SEC charges against
2007 Countrywide earnings conference call
Mudd, Daniel H.
Murray, Mike
Nathaniel Branden Institute (NBI)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
National Resources Committee (NRC)
National Review Online
Netscape Communications
New Deal policies
Newsweek
New York Times
on Apple Computer