Scaring us silly
Yes, the banks are in bad shape, but not that bad…
Printing money and the inflationary risk
e, of all people, understand that you all want to read about InterOil, however, there is more happening in the world, and former chief economist of the IMF Simon Johnson […]
Government captured by big finance
We had earlier articles about the links between US government and big finance, but this disconcerting one comes not from some conspiracy theorist but from someone who should really know, […]
Even Obama is in the grips of market fundamentalism
Paul, once again, is absolutely spot on..
The big takeover
At the minimum, it’s an interesting, even compelling read.. It also touches on our theme of the harm unregulated capitalism has done, but it goes much further.. And in doing […]
Could Krugman be wrong?
This is actually a case where we hope so, but Brad DeLong, himself a respectable economics professor and Krugman admirer seems to think Krugman is too critical of the Geithner […]
Is the political system captured by big finance?
For a year, we’ve argued that sloppy or downright bad regulation, brought by what we called market fundamentalism (the belief that markets regulate themselves) has been the mayor reason behind […]
Temporary bank nationalizations, here’s another reason why
We have provided plenty of reasons why this would be the most efficient policy option, but just to find out and control what is happening with all that bail-out money […]
Bank plan falls short again..
After all the right moves from the Fed, the Geithner plan is, well, not so good…
This really is curious..
Despite the crisis of unprecedented magnitude, it’s politics as usual in the US..