The Radford Free Press – Page 388 – All life is problem solving.

Economics / bailouts, bank reform, bank regulation, banking, Brown-Kaufman, Goldman Sachs, Merkley-Levin, Volcker Rule /

Support “SAFE” Banking

April 25, 2010

The Brown-Kaufman proposal probably has little chance of success, so in my long standing tradition of supporting the underdog I want to throw my support behind it. The reason is very clear: our biggest banks are too big. Not just too-big-to-fail, but too big to do anything properly. They are unmanageable in any real sense. […]

Economics / bailouts, bank reform, bank regulation, banking, Goldman Sachs /

Bank Reform Kick Off … Sort Of

April 22, 2010

Here we go again. Let the partisan sniping begin. Despite protestations to the contrary the Republicans blocked debate on bank reform today. The reason? “This is not something that should be rushed”. Ummmm. The two parties have been engaged in close quarters combat for at least two months. Senators Dodd and Shelby have been virtually […]

Economics / commercial real estate, home prices, jobs, recession, recovery, stimulus, unemployment, wages /

Jobs and Housing: Better News

April 22, 2010

The stuttering sound you hear is the economy as it attempts, yet again, to gain momentum. Last fall we all were excited about those ‘green shoots’ popping up all over the place. After the horrendous dip of late 2008 and early 2009 practically anything constituted an advance. Now, a full six months later, our standards […]

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