Government Bailout

Coherent Government Bailout Plan Still Doesn't Exist, Says Bailout Monitor

NY Times | DIANA B. HENRIQUES | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

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The head of a new Congressional panel set up to monitor the gigantic federal bailout says the government still does not seem to have a coherent strate...

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In Thanksgiving for our (Very Big) Government

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Elizabeth Rigby

In light of the tremendous challenges facing our country, I am grateful for a government big enough to help us weather the financial storm.

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Building a New Wall: The Fundamental Right to Healthcare

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Instead of spending money on more band-aids, a revised Constitution with a health care amendment would give direction to a unique American purpose and, over time, solve an historic problem.

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New Bailout Actually Working!

Henry Blodget | Posted 11.26.2008 | Business

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Henry Blodget

One of the goals of the latest plan is to reduce mortgage rates through government buying of mortgage-backed securities and Fannie and Freddie debt. And it worked immediately.

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List Of Government Expenditures That Cost Less Than Credit Crisis Bailout

The Big Picture | Barry Ritholtz | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business

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Whenever I discussed the current bailout situation with people, I find they have a hard time comprehending the actual numbers involved. That became a ...

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A Detailed Analysis of the Economic Bailout in Monopoly Form

Lee Camp | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business

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Lee Camp

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Great Writing, But Chillingly Accurate

Tim Berry | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

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Tim Berry

Paul Krugman was awarded the Nobel Prize a while back for his work in Economics. He should get a Pulitzer to add to his award shelf for his writing about the economic mess.

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Pimp My Bailout

Trish Wend | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

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Trish Wend

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America Needs a Strong, Unionized Auto Industry -- That Requires Government Action

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

If we allow the unionized American automobile industry to collapse, we will accelerate the reduction of middle class incomes for everyone. That collapse would start a tidal wave of lower wages.

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Botching the Bailout

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

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The Media Consortium

The Bush administration is squandering hundreds of billions of dollars on incompetence again -- the whole thing is beginning to look a little too much like Iraq.

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Industrial Base

Ray Kimball | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

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Ray Kimball

The hard truth of the matter is that truly innovative ideas, which could be "game-changers" on the battlefield, have been AWOL from Detroit's methods of operation for some time now.

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Stripping Paulson of His Remaining Power & Money [Update]

David Sirota | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

Now, with bipartisan congressional anger mounting, we may see a forceful legislative campaign to take back what remaining money Paulson wants to give away to his friends on Wall Street.

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New Deal 2.0

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 11.09.2008 | Business

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Aaron Greenspan

If we were to start employing Americans for much-needed technology initiatives, not just those companies who can afford to send lobbyists to Washington, our economy would be in much better shape.

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Real Change Depends on Stopping the Bailout Profiteers

Naomi Klein | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Naomi Klein

The first order of business -- and one that cannot wait until inauguration -- must be halting the robbery-in-progress known as the "economic bailout."

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Needed: A New Language of Regulation

David Epstein | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business

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David Epstein

Unless we can move beyond this dichotomy of "more" or "less" regulation and develop a new language of regulation, the public dialogue, and the policy that flows from it, will be incomplete and flawed.

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Treasury Blacks Out Key Parts of Private Bailout Contracts

David Sirota | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

Our government is blacking out the parts of public contracts that explain how much taxpayer cash private contractors are going to be paid. Perhaps this is what Paulson meant when he promised transparency.

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Trust Us, We Are Wall Street

Juliet Jeske | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Juliet Jeske

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Let's Rescue "The Bank of You and Me"

Robert Reed | Posted 10.15.2008 | Chicago

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Robert Reed

All this ruckus over the financial rescue package is prompting many people to cook up their own plans for saving our economy. One innovative idea goes like this: Screw bailing out banks, give money directly to the American people.

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The Green Campaign

Hermene Hartman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Hermene Hartman

It is not about the old man and the new kid. It is not about gender politics. The campaign has gone green. It is now about who can turn this economy around.

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The Cooler: Illustrating the Financial Crisis

Billy Kimball | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media

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Billy Kimball

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Financial Bailout Stiffing Many Chicago Banks

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago

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Like many Chicago execs, Robert Glickman is studying the fine print of the $700-billion federal financial rescue plan. "I don't think they'll buy a l...

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Compensation Clash in the Making

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business

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Martin Varsavsky

How does the US government explain that the salaries of the people who brought us all down deserve to be so much higher than their own?

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Credit: Man's Confidence in Man

Dr. R. Keith Sawyer | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business

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Dr. R. Keith Sawyer

"Commercial credit is the creation of modern times and belongs only to the most enlightened and best governed nations." I stumbled on this frieze after giving a talk at Harvard Business School.

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Porky the Bailout Bill

Michael Pento | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business

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Michael Pento

Currently, about ten cents on every tax dollar goes to paying just the interest on the national debt. Interest on the debt alone will grow to 12.4% of our entire GDP by 2050.

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Bin Laden Used a Similar Strategy to Decimate American Capitalism as Reagan Used to Hasten End of Soviet Communism

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Both men used the same strategy: scare them into an arms race which they couldn't afford and which would undermine the very fabric of their economic, social and political system.

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