Sonecon, llc

Sonecon is an economic
advisory firm that provides advice and analysis to public and private executives, in America and abroad, on how government policies affect economic conditions and how particular industries affect the economy. Sonecon and its chairman Robert Shapiro have advised, among others, President Bill Clinton, Treasury Secretaries Timothy Geithner and Robert Rubin, Prime Minister Tony Blair, as well as senior executives of Fortune 100 companies and major non-profit organizations.

Cloud Peak Analytics is a division of Sonecon that provides advice and analysis to help executives understand and manage the full range of risks to their operations and investment strategies, in the United States and throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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RECENT NEWS AND REPORTS

The Importance of International Standards in Managing Defaults in Islamic Finance:
Saudi Arabia and the Saad Group's Sukuk Default

In June 2009, amidst the fallout from the global financial crisis, Saudi Arabia experienced its largest financial defaults in history when two prominent, family-owned conglomerates, the Saad Group and the Algosaibi Group, were forced to restructure an estimated $20 billion in debts owed to more than 100 financial institutions around the world. .... Read more

Paul Stockton, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs (June 2009 to January 2013), has joined Sonecon.

He is president of a new division of Sonecon, Cloud Peak Analytics, that will help executives in business and government understand and manage the full range of risks to their operations and investment strategies.

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The Economic Implications of Restricting Spectrum Purchases in the Incentive Auctions

The rapid spread and quick adoption of wireless broadband technology is transforming the way our economy operates. Consumers and businesses alike are using a wide range of mobile devices and technologies to change the way they conduct their daily affairs. But the continued success of this revolution, and it is nothing less, is contingent on the availability of the essential fuel known as radio spectrum. .... Read more

The Financial Hazards and Risks Entailed in Extending Unlimited Federal Guarantees for Deposits in Transaction Accounts

In the aftermath of a financial crisis, policymakers often must determine how best to trade off future security from a similar crisis and future moral hazard. The more the government pledges to protect the value of the assets of financial institutions in a crisis, the greater the risks that those institutions may take in search of higher profits. This moral hazard may increase the likelihood of a future crisis... Read more

Diabetes Research and the Public Good:
Federal Support for Research on Type 1 Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the most common, life-threatening medical conditions in the United States today. Nearly 26 million Americans had diabetes in 2011, up from 24 million in 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).2 All told, more than 8 percent of all Americans have some form of the disease.... Read more

Dr. Robert J. Shapiro will address the American Bankruptcy Conference: The Current State of the U.S. Economy – And Why

June 14, 2013
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In the Current Economic Recovery, Give a Big hand to Globalization

June 3, 2013

The economic news and data have turned distinctly upbeat. With unemployment down, consumer confidence up, and personal debt back to normal levels, it was no surprise when last week's revised report on...
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January 22, 2013
Looking ahead to President Obama's second term economic policy

January 1, 2013
The Economics of the Fiscal Cliff