Derivatives

McCain Econ Advisor Phil Gramm: Recession Starter

Lou Dubose | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Bear Stearns, Credit Derivatives, Phil Gramm, Senator McCain, Derivatives, Deregulation, Senate Banking Committee, Wall Street, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, John McCain, Credit Defaults, Mortgage Crisis, Home News
Lou Dubose

Former Texas senator Phil Gramm is McCain's economic brain, and the current economic crisis is not the first one made possible by Gramm's sneaky commodity futures act of 2000.

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The Bankers Panic of 2008

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Bill of Rights, Sec, Predatory Lending, Bankers Panic, Mortgages, S&L, Derivatives, Credit Cards, Crash, Siv, Bush Economy, U.S. Economy, Economy, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

The Fed has responded with lower interest rates and bailouts of overstretched Wall Street firms. How should the Congress and the next president be responding?

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The Wile E. Coyote Economy

Ian Welsh | Posted 11.05.2007 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Subprime Mortgages, Economics, Derivatives, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Business News
Ian Welsh

The US economy and US markets, indeed the world economy and markets, have been operating like Wile. E. Coyote running off a cliff.

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