Laurence Meyer

Missing Minsky

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Fed, Ponzi, Sec, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, Hyman Minsky, Ninja Mortgages, Federal Reserve, Treasury, Ben Bernanke, Martin Wolf, Alan Greenspan, Anna Schwartz, Barack Obama, Laurence Meyer, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

Hyman Minsky didn't live to see how closely this year's meltdowns would follow his predicted scenario, with the Lehman failure being one of several clear Minsky moments.

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Fed Intervention: Whatever It Takes

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.05.2009 | Business

Read More: William McChesney Martin, Bray Hammond, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Gold, Treasury, Ralph Young, Laurence Meyer, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

Chairman Martin would surely be stunned by the activism of today's Fed -- and the breadth of agreement that it is doing the right thing -- as it drops monetary napalm on dangerously frozen peaks of our financial system.

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