Economic Collapse

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The Approaching Muni Bond Collapse

Garrett Johnson | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: State Budgets, Municipal Bonds, Economy Bonds, Muni Bonds, Economy, Muni Bond Collapse, Recession, Economic Collapse, Business News

Monoline insurance companies got greedy and wanted a piece of the sub-prime action. They started backing sub-prime mortgage-backed securities. Soon the mortgages blew up.

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The Case For More Stimulus: NYT

New York Times | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Stimulus Funds, Economic Collapse, Federal Deficit, President Obama, Obama Economic Policy, Economic Stimulus, Federal Budget, Federal Stimulus, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Recession Over, Politics News

The consensus among economists is that the recession is over, and, technically, the herd is probably right. Corporate profitability has been boosted b...

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Michael Hirsh: Barney Frank's Derivatives Bill "Too Hard To Understand"

Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Barney Frank Derivatives Bill, Wall Street Regulation, Wall Street, Economy, Financial Services Committee, Too Big to Fail, Barney Frank, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives Trading, Derivatives Bill, Economic Collapse, Too Hard to Understand, Financial Regulation, Business News

Thanks to weeks of intense pressure from Wall Street banks and their customers in corporate America, the bill that was approved on Thursday by Rep. Ba...

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Time for Economic Polluters to Pay Up? Tobin or not Tobin...

Sony Kapoor | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Merkel, Financial Transaction Taxes, G-20, Sarkozy, Tobin Tax, Keynes, Economic Bailout, Economic Collapse, Bailout, Economics, Economy, Government Spending, Finanical Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Business News

The financial crisis, the biggest in living memory, has tilted the political and financial landscape in a direction that makes Tobin Taxes not just more desirable but also much easier to implement.

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For 37,000 New York Unemployed, Benefits Will Soon Lapse

nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Welfare, Economic Collapse, Unemployment, The Great Depression, Food Stamps, Economic Crisis, Economy, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, The Great Recession, Unemployment Rate, Recession, New York, New York News

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers have had the unfortunate distinction of collecting unemployment benefits longer than anyone in the state's history. B...

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The Bailout Blow-Up One Year Later: Has Washington Learned?

Eddie Reeves | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Economic Collapse, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Communications, Wall Street, Bailout, Business News

For leaders who understand the value of well-executed strategic communications efforts, there are at least five key lessons to be learned from the bailout disaster one year ago.

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Four Ways We Need Obama's Help

Sen. Byron Dorgan | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Oversight, Tarp, Financial Crisis, Economic Collapse, Byron Dorgan, Economy, Politics News

Legislation to overhaul America's financial system will be coming up in Congress this fall, and we can't let this moment pass without making some lasting changes.

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Chanos Gave Secret Presentation To G7 Finance Ministers Warning Of Economic Collapse

Evening Standard | Paul Waugh | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Gordon Brown, Secret Presentation, Jim Chanos, Hedge Funds, G7 Finance Ministers, Economic Collapse, Paul Singer, Business News

This happy band of G7 finance ministers looked perfectly relaxed as they arrived for their gathering in Washington in April 2007. But it now turns ...

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The Return of the Robber Barons

Garrett Johnson | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Robber Barons, Wall Street, Economic Collapse, Recession, Business News

We are now at the mercy of modern Robber Barons, and if history is any judge, it is either them or us.

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Citigroup's Asset Guarantees to Be Audited by TARP

bloomberg.com | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Economic Recovery, Tarp-Auditor, Economic Collapse, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, Tarp Funds, Tarp, Recession, Citigroup, Federal Asset Gaurantees, Business News

Citigroup Inc.'s $301 billion of federal asset guarantees, extended by the U.S. last year to help save the bank from collapse, will be audited to calc...

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"Daily Show" Correspondents Answer Your Economic Questions (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Larry Wilmore, Video, Daily Show, John Oliver, Ask a Correspondent, Daily Show Ask a Correspondent, Aasif Mandvi, Jason Jones, Economic Collapse, Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee, Aasif Mandvi Economic Collapse, Economic Questions, Economic Video, Comedy News

The "Daily Show"'s Samantha Bee, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Aasif Mandvi, and Jason Jones are on, even when their show is not. The late ...

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Too Big to Fail

Chip Ward | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Collapse, Global Economy, Global Economic Crisis, Too Big to Fail, Business News

A capitalist economy based on constant, unlimited growth is a reckless fantasy because ecosystems are not limitless; there are just so many pollinators, so many aquifers, so much fertile soil.

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Dimon: Iraq War, Greed Contributed To Economic Collapse

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Economic Collapse, Iraq War, JPMorgan Chase, Recession, Jamie Dimon, Politics News

JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, in a letter to shareholders, touched on a theme that critics of the Iraq war were highlighting more than a year...

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Evolution, Global Warming, Doomsday and the Afterlife

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Collapse, Creationism, Peak Oil, Doomsday, Evolution, God, Global Warming, Afterlife, Environment, Green News

The majority of Americans believe in both creationism and an afterlife, the potential of some sort of religious doom, and think they are not causing global warming,

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End of the World Economic Scenario

Grant Cardone | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Foreclosures, Bank Failures, Recessiin, Cnbc, Wamu, Good News, Grant Cardone, Recession, Thain, General Motors, Merrill Lynch, Economic Collapse, Madoff, Economic Doom, Cnn, Fox, Wachovia, Great Depresson, American, Living News

Neither the world nor your survival will come to an end regardless of what happens economically. Can it get worse? Certainly. Will your lifestyle change? Yes, but so will most everyone else's!

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Triggering A Silent Scream

Will Durst | Posted 03.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Aig, Economic Collapse, Business, Bailout, Economy, Scammers, Citigroup, Comedy News

What we've been experiencing is bank robbery in reverse. The perps didn't even bother wearing masks. And triggered absolutely no silent alarms.

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Dear Mr. President: About Those Bonuses...

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: President Obama, Economic Collapse, Wall Street, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuse, Handing Out Bonuses, Economy, Recession Bonuses, Financial Crisis, Corporate Accountability, Business News

We in the business community are behind you 100% in your efforts to save our economy. But as you go, please be sensitive to the human cost that you may exact from those who can least afford to bear it.

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The Uncomfortable Circle: Regulation

Xeth Feinberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Oversight, Economic Collapse, HuffPost Comics, Economy, Business News

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The Obamathon Has Begun: How Long Will The Honeymoon Last?

Danny Schechter | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: "Childish Things, Bill Clinton, Economic Collapse, " Ideology, Inauguration, Barack Obama, Politics News

Every President has a honeymoon, but Barack Obama's won't last long, probably because the real world won't give him a pass.

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10 Tips for Communicating in Tough Times

James Hoggan | Posted 12.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Jim Hoggan, Hoggan, Economy, Public Relations, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Economic Collapse, James Hoggan and Associates, Communications, James Hoggan, Business News

Here is some news you can use: 10 tips that have emerged over a public relations career of dealing with difficult announcements.

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Causes of the Collapse

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living

Sadly, religion in America seems incapable of rising to the challenge of giving people inner contentment and pulling them away from insatiable materialism.

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The Best Medicine

Caroline Hirsch | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

As the economy collapses and political scandals keep flaring up like bad rashes, where should America turn for answers? What's going to keep us from falling apart? The answer: laughter.

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Are You One of the Angry Majority?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Vengeful Voters, Economic Collapse, Bailout, Craven Politicians, Wall Street Crisis, Financial Bailout, Baliout Bill, Financial Crisis, Business News

Congress passed the bailout, and the confused and psychotic market, which had been up for the day, started coming down. Tell me if you can figure out this particular iteration of its dementia. I can't.

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