When will Americans wake up and hold the real criminals -- Banksters -- accountable for their actions, and pressure the government to enact systemic changes to prevent future abuses?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media
Do you ever get the feeling that as your media professionals "explain" why the "financial system" seems to be "crapping its pants in public" that thei...
Larry Gellman | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business
Those of you who are waiting for the economy to get "back" to normal will probably be waiting for the rest of your lives.
Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
As long as banks are allowed to continue denying the true toxicity of their toxic assets, the longer the current financial impasse will continue.
Becky Lee | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business
Abuse is blind to race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social or economic status. Thus, domestic violence will follow anyone into the workplace.
Michael Shaw | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media
I'm thrilled how Obama corralled those bank CEOs on Friday for a selflessness workshop, then kicked them loose out on the driveway to face a hungry media.
Larry Gellman | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living
Although it may not be as much fun as the more recent version, the new normal will probably look more like the normal of my youth than the unsustainable glory days of the last 20 years.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner refused to endorse a congressional effort to heavily tax bonuses issued by TARP recipients, saying that the govern...
Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
It seems to have finally dawned on government leaders that bonus recipients are not the only ones who should be afraid.
Judith Ellis | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics
Nassim Nicholas Taleb addresses some very important issues in an interview with CNBC. On my blog I have written more than a few posts on this brillian...
Ann Pettifor | Posted 04.15.2009 | Business
If we are to restore stability to the financial system and to restore our faith, we will have to first revive the ancient truths and regulations, including the truth about limits.
Kumi Naidoo | Posted 04.13.2009 | World
Times of global financial downturn are often marked by cuts to aid, but these are the times when aid is most necessary and this is time to honor our aid commitments.
Michael Wolff | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business
Could it be that Madoff's willing to go to jail for the rest of his life because... he's hidden the dough? How much would you need to be paid to spend your old age in a cell?
Jon Santiago | Posted 04.11.2009 | Business
I now think the "Main Street" perception of recklessness in the ivory towers of Wall Street, which initially struck me as too emotional and unfounded, is partially accurate.
Hugh McGuire | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business
The wealth of the past 10-15 years was illusory. The markets have in fact dropped back to where they "should" be.
Lawrence Baxter, Bill Brown and James Cox | Posted 03.30.2009 | Business
Behind Obama's declaration that the federal government will carefully monitor lending and bank management is the notion of conservatorship, not nationalization.
David K. Richards | Posted 03.30.2009 | Business
In order to gather political support for the right fix it is important to understand, and explain to the public, why the fixes applied since Lehman went bankrupt in September have not worked.
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business
Over the last few quarters we have seen a big drop in personal consumption expenditures and an increase in personal savings. Is this the start of a new trend or a temporary situation?
Saskia Sassen | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business
The real challenge we face is how to switch out of the hyper-financial mode of the last two decades. It is not to rescue zombie banks.
Amy Domini | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business
It seems hard to believe, but 92% of companies' stock prices are not at their low point for the trailing year. So before letting the headlines set the tone, consider some of the underlying indicators.
Jill Keto | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business
On TV, you have to boil down answers into the shortest, most concise sound bites. Right now, my favorite sound bite is "Invest in Yellow: Corn, Wheat and Gold."
Bob Franken | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business
We need to come up with some ways to make these captains of finance part with their own money, instead of everybody else's. We need to be creative.
Doug Struck | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business
Economists use the term "human capital," but nowhere in accounting principles are people counted as an asset -- only as an expense.
Business Pundit | Ryan | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy
The 2008 crash is probably the most serious economic crisis we have faced after the Great Depression. Stock markets from around the world fell as much...
John Graham | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
Congress should follow the President's lead in creating a stimulus package that is a combination of short-term measures and longer-term infrastructure investments.
Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 05.05.2009 | Business