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Tag Archives: bailout

finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

the foreclosure mess

Author The Editor Date October 16, 2010

A timely and frightening exploration of the causes and consequences of the emerging foreclosure mess.

Tagged bailout, banking system, capitalism, corruption, investment, mortgage, real estate, regulation, speculation |
featured, financial crisis, world affairs

the great recession: act ii

Author The Editor Date August 11, 2010

At issue is an age old debate between two economic philosophies: stimulus as a life vest versus stimulus as a straitjacket.

Tagged austerity, bailout, banking system, capitalism, crisis, debate, financial markets, geopolitics, history, macroeconomics, stimulus |
financial crisis, history & society

oil slick = euro trick

Author The Editor Date May 14, 2010

Stopping the spread of financial contagion is deceptively similar to plugging a ruptured deep-sea oil well.

Tagged bailout, contagion, crash, crisis, politics, regulation, speculation |
featured, financial crisis, history & society

a dose of reality

Author The Editor Date May 5, 2010

Armies of bulls and bears are camped out on either side of the great debate over the future of the global economy.

Tagged bailout, banking system, behavioral, capital markets, capitalism, financial crisis, geopolitics, history, investment, investments, macroeconomics, politics, rates, real estate, speculation, unemployment |
financial crisis, in other words

if piigs could fly

Author The Editor Date February 7, 2010
The markets whipsawed in volatile trading last week as war was waged over key...
Tagged bailout, capital markets, europe, financial crisis, geithner, investment, piigs, recession, recovery, treasury |
financial crisis, history & society, in other words

the man who crashed the world

Author The Editor Date July 15, 2009
Another entertaining piece of journalism by Michael Lewis, this time reporting from the nucleus...
Tagged bailout, compensation, corruption, greed, incentives, insurance |
finance & economics, financial crisis

flow of funds

Author The Editor Date February 6, 2009
The frightening this about this table isn’t lavish CEO pay after record bank losses,...
Tagged AIG, bailout, compensation, stimulus |
financial crisis, in other words

the end of wall street

Author The Editor Date January 16, 2009
The past, present, and future of Wall Street according to its unofficial biographer…
Tagged bailout, Bear Stearns, chronology, economy, history, markets, video, wall street |
financial crisis, in other words

seven deadly sins

Author The Editor Date October 28, 2008
Tagged bailout, greed, policy, real estate, stimulus |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

how to close a hedge fund

Author The Editor Date October 21, 2008
Few people will escape from this crisis with enough reputability to scream “I told...
Tagged bailout, hedge funds, investment, risk, speculation | 1 Comment |
financial crisis, in other words

bailout

Author The Editor Date October 12, 2008
As finance ministers from around the world congregate in Washington D.C. this weekend, various...
Tagged bailout, contagion, regulation, risk, stimulus |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

sanity check

Author The Editor Date October 11, 2008
Words of cautious wisdom from the celebrated biographer of risk, back in November of...
Tagged bailout, contagion, investment, management, moral hazard, risk, strategy |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

command and control

Author The Editor Date May 11, 2008
As markets continue to reel from the too-little-too-late conservative ethos that is snaking its...
Tagged bailout, Bear Stearns, credit cycle, economics, finance, financial markets, inflation, Paulson, policy, sovereign wealth, treasury |
financial crisis, in other words

speakerphone diplomacy

Author The Editor Date April 2, 2008
We’ll probably never know how close we came to systemic financial collapse this March,...
Tagged bailout, banking system, Bear Stearns, collapse, contagion, credit crisis, diplomacy, leverage, money supply, systemic |
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