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Economics, Politics / bank reform, bank regulation, regulation, republican party /

Republican Conundrum

April 25, 2010

One of the more delicious events in recent politics has been played out over the last few days. It was the complete undermining of the GOP’s Senate leadership by its own ranks. Last week we went from one extreme to another as the GOP desperately tried to maintain any form of relevance in the face […]

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 […]

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