D&S BLOG
These posts are from the D&S Blog, which we mostly stopped posting to a few years ago. Visit our new blog Left Hook Economics (https://www.dollarsandsense.org/tag/left-hook-economics/).
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
In case anyone wants to read the 110-page bailout bill, here it is, available via the Los Angeles Times.
Gargantuan Bailout: The Sequel
This posting is from D&S collective member and frequent blogger Larry Peterson. To see more of his posts,
A Better Bailout--Joseph Stiglitz
By Joseph E. Stiglitz The Nation, September 26, 2008 The champagne bottle corks were popping as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
Economists Question Basis of Paulson's Plan
By Neil Irwin and Cecilia Kang Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, September 26, 2008; Page A01 The Bush administration'
A Better Plan than the Paulson Bailout
In 1992, a Swedish real estate bubble burst, creating a banking panic and freeze. The Swedish loaned banks money, but
A U.S. Financial System of Our Own
This is from Cynthia McKinney, candidate for president. A Gift for a Generation: A U.S. Financial System of Our
Saving the Financial System--Thomas Palley
This is from economist Thomas Palley, from his website. A friend told me the economist Charles Kindelberger had two rules
The Bailout Negotiation Breakdown
This posting is from D&S collective member and frequent blogger Larry Peterson. To see more of his posts,
Boston-Area Protests against the Bailout
Justice and peace organizations across the US are organizing a concerted public outcry against the Bush administration demand for a
A Bailout We Don't Need--Jamie Galbraith
By James K. Galbraith, in today's Washington Post: Now that all five big investment banks -- Bear Stearns,
McCain hasn't "had a chance" to read bailout
Hat-tip to Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer for this gem: SENATOR MCCAIN SAID TUESDAY THAT HE HADN'
More Resources on the Bailout--from IPS
This is from Chuck Collins, of the Institute for Policy Studies, and a D&S Associate: Handing Wall Street