More Fun With (Quietly Revised) Numbers Last week I pointed out a somewhat mysterious, undated entry (turned out to be Nov. 24, 2009) at the website of the... Read More
Who Controls Congress? Neither Party It doesn’t matter which party gets elected if the same Corporate interests control Congress: Hat tip Start a Third Party Now Read More
‘Quants,’ The Math Whizzes Behind the Crisis A small group of brainy math whizzes are emerging as the unlikely group who nearly brought down the finance industry. As WSJ’s... Read More
“Facts Plain to Any Dispassionate Eye” Funny how these things work: In a rant Friday morning, I wrote: “Regular readers know that I despise political parties, believe... Read More
Why Paul Volcker is (once again) The Man “I think we’d all be doing a lot better if somebody like you was in there.” –Ron Paul to Paul Volcker > Quite the... Read More
What Balanced Market Reporting Looks Like Someone sent me an FT headline to show me that my WSJ post “misses the mark.” To demonstrate that it wasn’t just the... Read More
Olbermann on Supreme Court Campaign Finance Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Read More
How to Survive Natural Disasters What took place in Haiti might make you want to stop and ask: if there was a natural disaster in my home, would I know what to do? Would... Read More
Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg: Wall Street Rewards Continue U.S. Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg explains why CEOs are continuing to profit from bank bonuses at the cost of taxpayers. Visit msnbc.com for... Read More