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The Latest Opinions From Bloomberg View

Apr 09, 2015

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Matt Levine: "Sometimes banks=do bad things and then they get in trouble. The form of trouble that they =et in is, for the most part, that they have to pay big fines. Many people =ind this to be an unsatisfying form of trouble." Read more...

TERRORISM

Noah Feldman: The Boston tria= of Dzhokar Tsarnaev "has been a constant and unwelcome reminder that for =ll its liberalism and toleration, this city isn’t immune from the =roubles that plague the rest of the world." Read more...

ENERGY

The Editors: "Royal Dutch She=l has put down a big bet on the future market for liquefied natural gas in=bidding to purchase the U.K.-based BG Group for 47 billion pounds ($70 bil=ion). Given the challenges facing the LNG industry, it's not obvious that =hell's gamble will pay off. But for the sake of the climate and world ener=y security, let's hope it does." Read more...

Justin Fox: "Shell's big bet =s that, whatever happens with prices, natural gas will be the global energ= commodity that matters most in the years to come. If its executives are r=ght, maybe in a decade or two people will just call it a gas company." Read more...Paula Dwyer: BG shareholders =re pretty pleased: "Shell is paying them a 50 percent premium. The stockho=ders in other oil-and-gas companies are also smiling now that their shares=are jumping in anticipation of another consolidation wave. But no one is p=rhaps as happy as Helge Lund, the chief executive officer of BG." <=pan class="topic-read-more" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-=ecoration:none;color:#00b9e7;font-weight:normal;font-size:17px;line-height=1.6em;text-transform:none">Read more...

U.S. ECONOMY

Noah Smith: "If racial and ge=der discrimination were purely matters of fairness, ending them would stil= be a worthy cause. But there is another reason to combat discrimination -= it boosts the economy." Read more...

POLITICS

Jonathan Bernstein: "It is ha=d to imagine anything more irresponsible than the campaign by Republican s=ate legislators (and Republican-aligned lobbyists) to hold a national Cons=itutional Convention just so they can attach a balanced-budget amendment. =.. It turns out that Democratic state legislators can be just as reckless.= Read more...

AFRICA

Adam Minter: "Just a few year= ago, Ghana seemed to be one of Africa's few good news stories. The countr= was on a path to paying back the international creditors it had relied on=for decades, and was widely lauded for managing five peaceful and democrat=c transitions of power since 1992." But in 2012, "blackouts became a regul=r occurrence in the capital city of Accra; just three years later, they�=80�ve become an ongoing catastrophe." Read more...

ECONOMICS

Megan McArdle: "What if emplo=ers offered to pay more of the health insurance premiums for employees who=agree to fitness monitoring? Is this a worthy nudge, or is it discriminati=n?" Read more...<=span>

RETIREMENT

Ramesh Ponnuru: "Social Secur=ty has a long-term funding gap that just keeps growing. Neither political =arty has a plan to pay for the promises we've already made to people contr=buting to the system. But Democrats are bringing a new idea to the table: =ake even more promises." Read more...

LATIN AMERICA

Mac Margolis: "Mexican Presid=nt Enrique Pena Nieto could use some good news. Tumbling oil prices have h=rt his vaunted energy reform. ... So the Mexican government's pledge to sl=sh greenhouse gas emissions brought some welcome applause." Read more...

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