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Housing Meltdown Leads To More Bankruptcies
From EPI. Hardly surprising, but the numbers are still very striking: Economic Snapshot for April 8, 2009 Housing collapse drives
Tarp for Failing Insurers But Not for Car Cos
Although the Treasury Dept won't be extending TARP financing to troubled automakers Chrysler and GM because they cannot
No May Loans for GM and Chrysler
GM and Chrysler were not deemed "financially viable" by the Energy Department, a critical benchmarks that makes them
Elizabeth Warren on TARP on YouTube
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Economy Still In Freefall
A nice, albeit grim, summary of the current economic outlook by Christian E. Weller of UMass Boston for the Center
Insolvent Banks and Imaginary Firesale?
An interesting article on an interesting academic paper, and at least one blog post expressing reservations about the paper'
Obama Econ Team's Flawed Cosmology (AHuff)
From HuffPo: The Obama Economic Team's Flawed Cosmology: Still Believing the Universe Revolves Around the Banks Arianna Huffington
Re-Examining Capitalism (Jamie Galbraith)
National Journal Online had an interesting forum under the title Re-Examining Capitalism. Here is the introduction to the forum,
Elizabeth Warren: Sack Bank Execs
Elizabeth Warren, who has been on top of this crisis since way back, is also calling for shareholders' equity
Soros: U.S. banks 'basically insolvent'
Just posted to Reuters; hat-tip to Bob F. Too bad that he says nationalization is "out of the
Massive Protests at G-20
London's Financial District is ground zero for global popular protest right now. CNN reports 4,000 protesters, burning
The Quiet Coup (Simon Johnson)
This article, which hypothesizes that an "American financial oligarchy" has (re)emerged and is turning the United States