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Market Collapse

This is the Second Supply-Side Disaster: The First One Was 1990

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 07.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Clinton, Economics, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Supply-Side Economics, Republicans, Market Collapse, Bank Bailout, Business News
Andrew Reinbach

It's now almost impossible to defend supply-side's deep tax cuts and minimal regulation, the result being that Republicans are without much belief system.

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Why The Government Can't "Fix" the Crisis

Danny Schechter | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Moral Hazard, Bernanke, Hedge Funds, Consumer Spending, Greenspan, Fianacial Crisis, Greed, Treasury Department, Depression, Free Market Capitalism, Federal Reserve Bank, Market Confidence, James Suriwieki, Capitalism, Recession, Lehman Bros, Aig, JPMorgan Chase, Consumer Confidence, Wall Street Crash, Congressional Bailout, William Buitner, Bear Stearns, Alan Greenspan, Market Collapse, Business News
Danny Schechter

In what was for many an unbelievable chain of events, markets started melting down, confidence shattered and believers in unregulated transactions realized something was very, very wrong.

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Goldman Sachs: Wall St. May Face $460B In Losses

Bloomberg | Zhao Yidi | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns Collapse, US Economy, Market Collapse, Wall Street, Business News

Wall Street banks, brokerages and hedge funds may report $460 billion in credit losses from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, or almost fo...

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Investors Fear Financial Crisis Will Keep Spreading

NY Times | LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Treasury Secretary and Markets, JPMorgan Chase Buys Bear Stearns, Asian Markets, Market Collapse, Bear Stearns Purhcase, Bear Stearns CEO, Bear Stearns Buyout, JPMorgan Chase, Breaking Business News, Bear Stearns and Mortgage Crisis, Bear Stearns Bailout, George W. Bush and Markets, George W. Bush and Bear Stearns, Breaking Politics News, Fears, Bear Stearns Collapse, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase, Business News

The cash squeeze that brought Bear Stearns to its knees is fanning fears that other investment banks might be vulnerable to the crisis of confidence g...

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Senator Reid Slams Bush's Handling Of The Economy

New York Times | STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Breaking Business News, JPMorgan Chase Buys Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns and Mortgage Crisis, Bear Stearns Bailout, George W. Bush and Bear Stearns, Asian Markets, Treasury Secretary and Markets, George W. Bush and Markets, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Collapse, Market Collapse, Bear Stearns Purhcase, Bear Stearns CEO, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase, Bear Stearns Buyout, Politics News

As President Bush welcomed the Federal Reserve's sweeping intervention in the financial markets, his administration faced accusations Monday that it s...

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