All posts by Paul Goodell

About Paul Goodell

Paul Goodell is the President of The Howard Linden Group, Inc., an investment company specializing in residential real estate transactions in Chicago. His background is in small business development, real estate investment, and public policy analysis (including the critical, and often misunderstood, influence of ideas and philosophy on public policy decisions). After graduating with his Masters in Public Policy from The George Washington University, he worked in the public policy division of Bell South until that company merged with AT&T. He has served as the President of The Howard Linden Group since 2011. He and his wife live in Chicago.

Chicago pensions: a preview of coming attractions for Medicare & Social Security?

May 14, 2015October 10, 2017Paul GoodellSecular Trends

Chicago’s pension system (for police and firefighters) is all-but-officially bankrupt, and Chicago’s property owners look like the most likely target for the city’s desperate attempts to save it. According to a report by Nuveen Investments, a state law passed in 2010 — but that kicks in next year — requires Chicago to massively increase its pension payments in…

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America: Proudly Offering BOTH Kinds of Policy Options. HA!

April 29, 2015October 10, 2017Paul GoodellSecular Trends

One of the most pernicious effects of the Fed’s policies on American politics, especially over the past 25 years, has been what increasingly seems to be a homogenized set of policy choices. Identifying this homogenizing effect has been one of the themes of Mixed Market Artist. [youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS-zEH8YmiM[/youtube] For example: Americans elected the “Not Bush”…

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