Disturbing article. The financialization of the real economy has gone overboard, that’s about the minimum conclusion one can draw. But there is much more to it..
Entries Tagged as 'Reform Capitalism'
How Crooked is the Oil Market?
January 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Tags: Oil · Reform Capitalism
End bankers bonuses?
November 8th, 2011 · No Comments
Nassim Taleb’s ‘Bauhaus (Less is More) solution for the fragility of the financial system. Not the whole solution though..
Tags: Reform Capitalism
Large Income Inequality
October 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
Has a direct bearing on many aspects of the quality of life..
Tags: Reform Capitalism
High-frequency trading at the cost of regular investors
August 26th, 2011 · No Comments
Computerized high-speed trading is increasing market volatility and making it more difficult for regular investors to pick stocks, market experts say. Bring in a financial transaction tax. With high unemployment, it’s better to tax useless activities..
Tags: Reform Capitalism
Financial market chaos
August 26th, 2011 · No Comments
Isn’t wealth enhancing. More reasons for a financial transaction tax
Tags: Reform Capitalism · The Markets
Back to the 1960s
August 15th, 2011 · No Comments
If we only had those problems..
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More Voodoo Economics
August 5th, 2011 · No Comments
Larry Kudlow..
Tags: Reform Capitalism · Voodoo economics
Tax reduction for companies to jump start the economy?
June 28th, 2011 · No Comments
Not for Cisco. First you creatively let profits appear elsewhere, lowering your overall tax burden to a few percentage points, then you ask for a tax holiday when you want to repatriate it..And they’re far from the only ones..
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More bank capital
June 28th, 2011 · No Comments
A good idea, right? Could have gone a long way in preventing the 2008 financial crisis whose effects are still widely felt..
Tags: Credit Crisis · Reform Capitalism
Calvinist people power is getting financial machismo on the run
March 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Made in Holland. Beginning of a trend?
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