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The Krugman/Stiglitz Army Is on the March (and It's Too Late for Michael Bloomberg to Stop It)

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.14.2011 | Politics
Read More: Jacob Hacker, Robert Kuttner, Jobs Crisis, Nouriel Roubini, Robert Reich, James Galbraith, Michael Bloomberg, Krugman-Stiglitz Army, Finanacial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Kuttner Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Dylan Ratigan, Occupy Movement, Zuccotti Park, Lawrence Lessig, Nouriel Roubini Financial Crisis, Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Krugman Stiglitz, Wall Street, Joseph Stiglitz, Occupy, Cornell West, Krugman Economy, Paul Krugman, Bill Mckibben, Simon Johnson, Jeff Madrick, Occupy Wall St, Krugman's Army, Naomi Klein, Dean Baker, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

Whether or not the the #Occupy Wall Street protesters explicitly adopt policy proposals or only generate political energy for the spirit of them, the Krugman/Stiglitz Army is at last on the march.

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Lust, Anger, Greed... and Capitalism

Curtis Roosevelt | Posted 09.21.2011 | Politics
Read More: Jeff Madrick, Fdr, Paul Krugman, Arthur Schlesinger, Barack Obama, Capitalism Criticism, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Roosevelt Economics, Politics News
Curtis Roosevelt

Capitalism is the most effective economic system we have yet devised -- and it is also probably the most effective way of channeling greed that we have yet tried.

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Faith And Economy

Doug Demeo | Posted 09.17.2011 | Religion
Read More: Debt Crisis, Economics, Mountaintop Removal, The Age of Greed, Money, Gold Mining, Marcelo Rivera, Jeff Madrick, Faith and Religion, Economy, Green Faith, Religion News
Doug Demeo

Ultimately, Sunday faith and Monday faith serve the same God in relative peace and harmony, or, we endure the messy societal results of our own discord.

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Why The Busts Keep Getting Bigger

The New York Review Of Books | Paul Krugman and Robin Wells | Posted 08.24.2011 | Business
Read More: 2008 Financial Crisis, Hank Paulson, George W. Bush, 112th Congress, Jeff Madrick, Timothy Geithner, Paul Krugman, New York Review of Books, Robin Wells, Barack Obama, Video, Business News

Suppose we describe the following situation: major US financial institutions have badly overreached. They created and sold new financial instruments w...

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Conversation With Jeff Madrick, Author of Age of Greed (Part One)

Lynn Parramore | Posted 07.31.2011 | Business
Read More: Greed, Fdic, Federal Reserve, Bailouts, Deregulation, Banks, Imf, Free Market, Wall Street, Jeff Madrick, Business News
Lynn Parramore

"Greed always exists. It rises and falls with the times. But when it's unchecked by government, self-interest rises to a level of greed that overwhelms the economic invisible hand."

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Pop Goes The Compensation Bubble

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Cato Institute, Gary Becker, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, John Boehner, Libertarians, Executive Compensation, Jeff Madrick, Tarp, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Doubts about the federal government's ability -- and willingness -- to reign in excessive executive compensation have persisted since October of last year. Now, the tables have turned.

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Krugman, Roubini, Soros: How To Solve The Financial Crisis

The New York Review of Books | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: George Soros, Dr. Doom, Nouriel Roubini, Economic Crisis, Jeff Madrick, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, New York Review of Books, Robin Wells, PEN World Voices, Bill Bradley, Business News

Following are excerpts from a symposium on the economic crisis presented by The New York Review of Books and PEN World Voices at the Metropolitan Muse...

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Obama and Volcker: Economic Solutions, Good; Summers and Geithner: Financial Solutions, Not Good.

Saskia Sassen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Investments, Debt, U.S. Economy, Economy, Larry Summers, New York Review of Books, Taxpayers, Paul Volcker, Rubinomics, Economic Plans, Investment Banks, Taxpayer Money, Financial Crisis, Financial TImes, Timothy Geithner, Shadow Banking, Taxes, Money, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Barack Obama, Paul A. Volcker, US Economy, Npr, Leonard Lopate, Subprime Mortgages, Obama Economic Plan, House of Rubin, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Banking, Banking Crisis, Banks, Jeff Madrick, Investment Banking, Business News
Saskia Sassen

The shadow banking system is not illegal or clandestine. It is in the open, but it has thrived on the opaqueness of the investment instruments, facilitated by their complexity.

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