Jim A

Bernanke: The New "Death Star"

Raise short term rates to 8%, stop all bailouts of Wall Street firms and banks . Start building nuclear plants and start offshore drilling. Cut government spending 20%.

The Impact of Banking Regulation on the Market

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Get a grip! The gurus on Wall Street and at CountryWide were lending to people who couldn't even make the first payment and calling these loans AAA rated securities.

Treasury's Paulson: Super Hank To the Rescue?

Could we just end the Bush administration now and flip a coin to select Obama or McCain? How about the Fed raising short term rates to 8% and holding them there for the next 2 years with no Wall Street bail outs? Start building nuclear plants and offshore drilling. And cut government spending 20%.

Will 'Dark Pools' Be the Capital Markets' Next Black Holes?

The US stock and bond market non transparency is being turned in to a fools game for investors.

Consumption, Cacophony and Clarity

Good article documenting how the Wall Street debt machine has buried the consumer in debt that was rated AAA but was really junk. Before the subprime collapse private equity firms were working to take every company in the S&P 500 private, load them up with debt then take them back public for unsuspecting investors. Wall Street was turning investing in bonds and stocks into a non transparent fools game.
What you did not explain was why the Bush years have been so particularly bad compared to the Clinton years when taxes were higher. I would suggest that the accelerating losses of manufacturing jobs to China and the influx of Mexican illegals have sufficiently hollowed out the American economy that we are now collapsing inward.

We're in a Recession - and On the Way to $60 Oil

How about $30 -40 per barrel oil. A US recession would kill demand in China and India which are causing prices to spike. How are US real estate prices going to drop 20% while oil stays at $ 90 per barrel?