Friday, October 23, 2009

The Chamber of Commerce is only the latest target of the Chicago Gang in the White House

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The Chicago Way . By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL The Chamber of Commerce is only the latest target of the Chicago Gang in the White House. WSJ, Oc...

Don't be fooled by the bond market. Banks are holding prices down because they can buy Treasurys with free money from the Fed

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Preventing the Next Financial Crisis . By ALLAN H. MELTZER Don't be fooled by the bond market. Banks are holding prices down because the...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Wage controls are politically easier than genuine reforms

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Our New Paymasters . WSJ Editorial Wage controls are politically easier than genuine reforms. The Wall Street Journal, page A20, Oct 23, 200...

Brown v. King - Politicians hate hearing their subsidies contributed to the crisis

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Brown v. King . WSJ Editorial Politicians hate hearing their subsidies contributed to the crisis. WSJ, Oct 22, 2009 Gordon Brown gave the Ba...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Industry views: The U.S. doubles down on solar subsidies while Europe retreats

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The U.S. doubles down on solar subsidies while Europe retreats IER, Oct 19, 2009 The cap and trade bills circulating in Congress (such as H....
Monday, October 19, 2009

Calomiris: We can solve the too-big-to-fail problem without losing the benefits of a global financial system

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In the World of Banks, Bigger Can Be Better . By CHARLES CALOMIRIS We can solve the too-big-to-fail problem without losing the benefits of a...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Almost two-thirds of all bad mortgages in our financial system were bought by government agencies or required by government regulations

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Barney Frank, Predatory Lender . By PETER J. WALLISON Almost two-thirds of all bad mortgages in our financial system were bought by governme...

Borrow from the Federal Reserve at zero and lend to Treasury for a profit. That's some racket

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The Banking System Is Still Broken . By ANN LEE Borrow from the Federal Reserve at zero and lend to Treasury for a profit. That's some r...

Al From: Democrats Don't Need the Public Option - Transformational reforms have always passed with bipartisan majorities

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Democrats Don't Need the Public Option . By AL FROM Transformational reforms have always passed with bipartisan majorities. WSJ, Oct 16,...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Trading book quantitative impact study by the Basel Committee: results

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Trading book quantitative impact study by the Basel Committee: results BIS, October 15, 2009 The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issu...

US Support for the Arms Trade Treaty

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Arms Control and International Security: U.S. Support for the Arms Trade Treaty . By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Washington, ...

Robert Reich, 2007: if you're very old, [i]t's too expensive, so we're going to let you die

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Robert Reich, 2007: if you're very old, [i]t's too expensive, so we're going to let you die WSJ, Oct 15, 2009 Robert Reich, who ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The US dollar shortage in global banking and the international policy response

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The US dollar shortage in global banking and the international policy response , by Goetz von Peter and Patrick McGuire BIS Working Papers N...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Deficits and the Chinese Challenge - Debt can become a real liability for a superpower. Recall what happened to postwar Britain

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Deficits and the Chinese Challenge . By ZACHARY KARABELL Debt can become a real liability for a superpower. Recall what happened to postwar ...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Mutual guarantee institutions "are better than banks at screening and monitoring opaque borrowers"

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Mutual guarantee institutions and small business finance , by Francesco Columba, Leonardo Gambacorta and Paolo Emilio Mistrulli BIS Working ...

Has the economic stimulus program helped or hurt?

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Stimulus Scam , by Richard W. Rahn Cato The Washington Times on October 8, 2009 Has the economic stimulus program helped or hurt? Administra...

Would a Stricter Fed Policy and Financial Regulation Have Averted the Financial Crisis?

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Would a Stricter Fed Policy and Financial Regulation Have Averted the Financial Crisis? , by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren Cato, Oct...

Grand Mufti on Islam, Israel and the United States

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Islam, Israel and the United States . By Sheikh Ali Gomaa Peace among the Abrahamic faiths will be built on respect and the law. WSJ, Oct 08...

Islamists misrepresent the liberal legacy of the Ottoman Empire

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Bring Back the Caliphate . By Soner Cagaptay Islamists misrepresent the liberal legacy of the Ottoman Empire. WSJ, Oct 08, 2009 The reaction...

Down with capitalists, nations, bosses, families, etc. - Commonwealth

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Brothers in Marx . By Brian C Anderson Down with capitalists, nations, bosses, families, etc. WSJ, Oct 08, 2009 Review of: Commonwealth By M...