Nice discussion at the The New York Review of Books on the causes of the crisis and what an appropriate response should be. Its too long...
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For you Rat Pack fans: Check out this great looking print from Drew Friedman of Dean Martin: >
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President Obama is expected to sign legislation this week to create a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-North...
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This is weird: On Wednesday, May 20, (Recall Why TARP Funds Were Necessary) I wrote the following: “Lastly, I would like to see a...
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Below is a comment by LSU Professor Joseph Mason and Eric Higgins on the evolving situation in the securitization market. While the...
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The Paradox of Deficits May 23, 2009 By John Mauldin Things That Go Bump in the Night A Trillion Dollars as Far as the Eye Can See The...
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Interactions between Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Current Situation Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn, At the Conference on...
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Floyd Norris notes that after enjoying a much lower jobless rtae than the Europeans, the US has caught up with the continent — and...
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Not surprisingly, when a person goes from making $750k as a bond trader, to $60k as a high school teacher, their spending habits change....
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I enjoy reading Prechter, but you have to admit he was dead wrong throughout the entire 1990s bull run. Indeed, his call for crash in...
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