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The Leading Cause of Personal Bankruptcy

Good nformation that flies in the face of most of what you hear on the goofy Fox network.

Will New Credit Card Regulation Lengthen the Recession?

I agree that it would have been better to do the reforms years earlier, but that was not possible until the Democratic numbers were increased in the Congress. It takes a special type of mental qymnastics to propose that reform of arbitary and punitive practices somehow causes large scale economic problems. The whole column is superfical, silly and far fetched.

There Won't Be a Recovery

The author calls his column a 'rant' which is of course a more accurate description that 'well reasoned essay'. As for the comments by Lex as on Obama being a 'communist', where were you when the conservative Republicans were allowing the market and the economy to collapse? Sorry Lex, but you proved yourself to be an ideological 'squirrel,' more at home with your nuts.

The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)

Prediction # Eleven: tomorrow the author of the article will still wake up a fool.

An Autopsy of the Glass-Steagall Act

Re: Carousel; "Force banks to underwrite mortgages to unquailifed buyers (including illegal immagrants)." That is baloney and a myth of the right wing nuts. There are laws and rules to prevent the well documneted prejudice against some groups and areas of town when income and property facts were the same. No one forced banks or mortgage brokers to offer no equity or 110% value loans, nor were they forced to steer borrowers into high risk variable rate loans. Also, I particularly like the way you slipped in a little racist dig, that was real class.

Beware 'Edgeless Trading' in Dangerous Times

"tax the weathy (anyone with a job)," of which I am quailifed on both accounts and for which I accept my nee/ resonsibilites to return to tax rates in place before Bush II pandered to the top 5%.

Sorry but your prejudice and sloppy factual foundation may appeal to the Obama bashes but it removes any intial belief that you might be a toughtful or reasoned person. Why does any closet idiot think that writing a few words on a blog-column makes their views interesting or worthwhile?

Five Predictions for This Market

Obama is trying to 'constain ingenity and entrepreneurs' ?? Sorry but this is the typical right-wing dribble that gets passed off as knowledge. Trying to get medical records out of the dark ages, trying to get science back into decisions about environment and research, trying to get innovation into energy policy sounds like the exact opposite.
The right wing will continue to scream tax increase even when 95% get a tax decrease. Sounds just like the lies of the election. Why does every idiot who writes a column think they are not required to use logic and facts??

Why This Bailout Can't Work - And What Will

You have soiled a reasonably good analysis with goofy right-wing ideological solutions. Some of the above comments by readers need not be repeated but they need to be heeded. At a time of crisis, we need not only good analysis but calm thoughtful solutions. You did not deliver on the second. Please join the rabid right talk radio circuit and leave economic solutions to the level-headed.

The Two-Ton Wall Street Conflict of Interest Few Dare To Talk About

the political comments are reckless babble from the mouth of a fool, just rewarmed bumper=sticker slogans. They destroy any credibility in economic analysis. If being 'anti-corporate' means being more concerned about the impact of policy on people than hedge funds and over-payed CEO's then count me in. We need some sensible economic policy that does not transfer our fleeting wealth to OPEC and to China. I am for free trade and understanding that the current situation is being manipulated against us is not 'leftist,' it is hard-nosed practicality and actiully more conservative than this goofus Matt