Why do politicians refuse to believe decades of polling and research? – The Sydney Morning Herald

This reflects the political orthodoxy that voters are essentially self-seeking. Give them a tax cut and they’ll give you their vote, to hell with the deficit. Loading And there was a time when most voters did behave accordingly. But that’s ancient history. It changed decades ago. The pollsters asked a representative sample of 1200 voters:…

After Troubled AIG, a Maiden Lane Tower Shifts to Consumer Debt Relief – Wall Street Journal

May 13, 2018 9:00 a.m. ET Talk about flipping the script. The office tower at 180 Maiden Lane, a 1.2 million square-foot building in downtown Manhattan that once housed troubled insurance giant American International Group Inc., is getting a new tenant: consumer-debt resolution company National Debt Relief. The property is a short stroll from 33…