Government Bailout

You Morons, What Have You Done With Our Money?

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business


Gail Vida Hamburg

Was it too much to ask Congress to examine this government intervention in the free market critically before authorizing the transfer of US taxpayer dollars to benefit the banking sector?

The United States vs. Capitalism?

Scott Malcomson | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics


Scott Malcomson

The rich countries, most innovatively or desperately the United States, are right now developing alternatives to their own system, and very possibly undermining it -- in order to save it.

Bail Out Investigative Journalists

Rob Kall | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media


Rob Kall

Investigative journalism is at risk. And investigative reporting is not something that can be outsourced or depend upon other countries' workers to do properly.

Manhattan Institute: Wrong Again on Fair Lending

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business


Mark Winston Griffith

This entry is cross-posted on the DMI blog. n yesterday's New York Times, Howard Husock at the Manhattan Institute repeated the tired old argument th...

The Auto Bailout and Post-Partisanship?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics


Hoyt Hilsman

This is a mess. Everybody in the auto industry is staring into the abyss - the automakers, the unions, the suppliers, the dealers - not to mention the government and the taxpayers.

Treasury to Promote Homeownership? Not so fast

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business


Mark Winston Griffith

A version of this entry was posted on the DMI blog. It's remarkable how the Bush Administration keeps missing the mark on the mortgage and foreclosur...

Coherent Government Bailout Plan Still Doesn't Exist, Says Bailout Monitor

NY Times | DIANA B. HENRIQUES | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics


The head of a new Congressional panel set up to monitor the gigantic federal bailout says the government still does not seem to have a coherent strate...

In Thanksgiving for our (Very Big) Government

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics


Elizabeth Rigby

In light of the tremendous challenges facing our country, I am grateful for a government big enough to help us weather the financial storm.

Building a New Wall: The Fundamental Right to Healthcare

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics


Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Instead of spending money on more band-aids, a revised Constitution with a health care amendment would give direction to a unique American purpose and, over time, solve an historic problem.

New Bailout Actually Working!

Henry Blodget | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business


Henry Blodget

One of the goals of the latest plan is to reduce mortgage rates through government buying of mortgage-backed securities and Fannie and Freddie debt. And it worked immediately.

List Of Government Expenditures That Cost Less Than Credit Crisis Bailout

The Big Picture | Barry Ritholtz | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business


Whenever I discussed the current bailout situation with people, I find they have a hard time comprehending the actual numbers involved. That became a ...

Great Writing, But Chillingly Accurate

Tim Berry | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business


Tim Berry

Paul Krugman was awarded the Nobel Prize a while back for his work in Economics. He should get a Pulitzer to add to his award shelf for his writing about the economic mess.

Botching the Bailout

The Media Consortium | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business


The Media Consortium

The Bush administration is squandering hundreds of billions of dollars on incompetence again -- the whole thing is beginning to look a little too much like Iraq.

Industrial Base

Ray Kimball | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business


Ray Kimball

The hard truth of the matter is that truly innovative ideas, which could be "game-changers" on the battlefield, have been AWOL from Detroit's methods of operation for some time now.

Stripping Paulson of His Remaining Power & Money [Update]

David Sirota | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

Now, with bipartisan congressional anger mounting, we may see a forceful legislative campaign to take back what remaining money Paulson wants to give away to his friends on Wall Street.

New Deal 2.0

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 12.10.2008 | Business


Aaron Greenspan

If we were to start employing Americans for much-needed technology initiatives, not just those companies who can afford to send lobbyists to Washington, our economy would be in much better shape.

Real Change Depends on Stopping the Bailout Profiteers

Naomi Klein | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Naomi Klein

The first order of business -- and one that cannot wait until inauguration -- must be halting the robbery-in-progress known as the "economic bailout."

Needed: A New Language of Regulation

David Epstein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Business


David Epstein

Unless we can move beyond this dichotomy of "more" or "less" regulation and develop a new language of regulation, the public dialogue, and the policy that flows from it, will be incomplete and flawed.

Treasury Blacks Out Key Parts of Private Bailout Contracts

David Sirota | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

Our government is blacking out the parts of public contracts that explain how much taxpayer cash private contractors are going to be paid. Perhaps this is what Paulson meant when he promised transparency.

Let's Rescue "The Bank of You and Me"

Robert Reed | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago


Robert Reed

All this ruckus over the financial rescue package is prompting many people to cook up their own plans for saving our economy. One innovative idea goes like this: Screw bailing out banks, give money directly to the American people.

The Green Campaign

Hermene Hartman | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics


Hermene Hartman

It is not about the old man and the new kid. It is not about gender politics. The campaign has gone green. It is now about who can turn this economy around.

Financial Bailout Stiffing Many Chicago Banks

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 11.13.2008 | Chicago


Like many Chicago execs, Robert Glickman is studying the fine print of the $700-billion federal financial rescue plan. "I don't think they'll buy a l...

Compensation Clash in the Making

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business


Martin Varsavsky

How does the US government explain that the salaries of the people who brought us all down deserve to be so much higher than their own?

Credit: Man's Confidence in Man

Dr. R. Keith Sawyer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business


Dr. R. Keith Sawyer

"Commercial credit is the creation of modern times and belongs only to the most enlightened and best governed nations." I stumbled on this frieze after giving a talk at Harvard Business School.

Porky the Bailout Bill

Michael Pento | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business


Michael Pento

Currently, about ten cents on every tax dollar goes to paying just the interest on the national debt. Interest on the debt alone will grow to 12.4% of our entire GDP by 2050.