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Obama's False Financial Reform
(www.thenation.com)
The most disturbing thing about Barack Obama's call for financial reform was the way in which the president falsified our predicament. He tried to make it sound as though everyone was implicated in... More
Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Americans for Financial Reform
(www.thenation.com)
In April, President Obama delivered a speech in which he alluded to the Sermon on the Mount to describe the stronger, more just economy he envisioned: "We cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile... More
Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
William Black: Obama’s Regulation Proposal “Too Timid”
(therealnews.com)
William Black, former senior bank regulator and Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri -Kansas City, weighs in on President Obama's financial regulation proposal.
Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
DEFICIT COULD BE OBAMA’S ACHILLES’ HEEL
(www.truthdig.com)
President Obama once said the deficit “keeps me awake at night.” He’s not alone. Three recent polls show that while Obama’s approval ratings remain high, most Americans are preoccupied with... More
Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
In huge change, Obama to strip Fed of credit card oversight
(americannewsproject.com)
Among the sweeping changes in government regulation that President Barack Obama will propose Wednesday is the creation of an independent and powerful Consumer Financial Product Safety Commission to... More
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Obamanomics: The Good, the Bad, the Weak
(www.motherjones.com)
On Wednesday, after weeks of the requisite press leaks and prefabricated spin, the Obama administration released details of its new "rules of the road" financial regulations, which had been billed as... More
Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Obama's Financial Sector Proposals: Oversight v. Change
(www.thenation.com)
Obama today announced his proposal for restructuring the financial sector, and although there are some excellent parts of the proposal, with real teeth on them (new standards on leverage, for... More
Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
OBAMA’S FINANCIAL PLAN FAILS TO IMPRESS
(www.truthdig.com)
President Obama compares his “sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system” to FDR’s crackdown on Wall Street, but the New York Times’ Joe Nocera isn’t buying it. “Everywhere you... More
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Obama and the Politics of Short Memories
(www.truthdig.com)
Business has been on the ropes since last fall’s financial collapse, but the first glimmerings of recovery are calling forth a capitalist counteroffensive. It’s one thing for President... More
Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
A Bailout for Students
(www.thenation.com)
In May, tens of thousands of young Americans turned in their last exams, collected their college diplomas and commenced... a lifetime of debt. According to the Project on Student Debt, two-thirds of... More
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