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Weekly Audit: House Bank Bill Fatally Flawed (www.themediaconsortium.org)
Last week, the House of Representatives finally approved a financial regulatory overhaul and President Barack Obama announced a new initiative to address the unemployment crisis. Both are a step in... More
Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
No Real Consensus Between Bankers And Obama On Bank Overhaul (airamerica.com)
After meeting with bank executives, President Barack Obama noted "a big gap" between the CEOs and their lobbyists on his campaign to rewrite the rules governing the financial industry. The CEOs... More
Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: Obama's Economic Hits and Misses
(open.salon.com)
Eight months after President Obama was sworn into office, the foreclosure epidemic is even more dire and no laws have been passed to rein in Wall Street. While Obama has helped cushion the nation’s... More
Submitted 5 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: Four More Years of Bailout Ben (lauraflanders.firedoglake.com)
After Ben Bernanke allowed an $8 trillion housing bubble to ravage the global economy and nearly destroy the U.S. financial system, President Barack Obama has decided he deserves another term as... More
Submitted 6 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
So What Happened to That Talk About Reining in CEO Pay?
(www.alternet.org)
Last February, amid public anger over millions in bonuses at bailed-out insurance giant AIG, our top national political leaders rushed to express their outrage - and even took some steps to place a... More
Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: Obama's Regulation Overhaul Comes Up Short
(tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com)
President Barack Obama rolled out his plan to overhaul financial regulation last week. While much of the Obama plan relies on the same regulators and structures that led to the current meltdown, there... More
Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Foreclosure Fiasco
(www.thenation.com)
It's not working. The Bush-Obama strategy of throwing trillions at the banks to solve the mortgage crisis is a huge bust. The financial moguls, while tickled pink to have $1.25 trillion in toxic... More
Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Foreclosure Fiasco
(www.truthdig.com)
It’s not working. The Bush-Obama strategy of throwing trillions at the banks to solve the mortgage crisis is a huge bust. The financial moguls, while tickled pink to have $1.25 trillion in toxic... More
Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Will Obama Regulate Wall Street Or Give More Power To The Fed?
(lauraflanders.firedoglake.com)
Obama’s regulation policy is being carefully scrutinized. Will he subject banks, rating agencies, and financial institutions to the kind of regulation that many think necessary to prevent another... More
Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Obama's Economic Reforms Should Re-structure the System -- Not Just Reform It
(www.alternet.org)
A recent study cited by the Editor of the Financial Times argues that we are now in a Depression although no one wants to use the term or face the music.
Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
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