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Gordon Brown on the Pittsburgh G20 Meeting
World leaders meet in Pittsburg in three weeks to try to provide some sort of binding rules for international banking.
On Japan's Elections
First, A couple of pieces from today's Financial Times. This one focuses on the "business community'
New Head of Senate Banking Committee
And he's a beut. More change you have to see to believe. From Huffington Post: Banks' Favorite
The Economics of the Air Controllers’ Strike
You can rest assured that if I am elected President, I will take whatever steps are necessary to provide our
Beyond the World Creditors' Cartel
In Latin America and elsewhere, the IMF may be re-emerging--but in a changed landscape.
(Economic) Freedom's Just Another Word for...Crisis-Prone
In a period of slowing economic growth in many parts of the world, popular pressure for governments to act to
Doug Henwood on Teddy Kennedy
From Doug Henwood's blog, LBO News. De mortuis: Teddy Kennedy and deregulation According to just about everybody, Teddy
On the Usefulness of Economics In Tough Times
This Washington Post article speaks for itself. Note that Alan Greenspan apprears to be a devotee. Needless to say, perhaps,
On the Profitability of the TARP
Two views. First, Daniel Gross. Then, Yves Smith. I'm with Smith. Even if *some* pecuniary benefit eventually accrues