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Tag Archives: wall street
Finance: A cuckoo in the economy’s nest
Much of my September 1999 book In Praise of Hard Industries was quickly vindicated when America’s New Economy boom collapsed in 2000. But until recently my baleful analysis of the growth in financial services — “the economics of the cancer … Continue reading
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Tagged black monday, david dreman, edward wyatt, f.i.a.s.c.o., financialism, front-running, george soros, invisible foot, james glassman, john bogle, john tagliabue, kemper, michael lewis, mit commission on industrial productivity, partnoy, paul gigot, steven kaye, stop-loss, vanguard, wall street
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Finance is too important to be left to Wall Street’s self-interest
Getting the American economy back on solid ground will require new financial regulations. Goldman Sachs alums aren’t the people for the job. [As published in the American Conservative on October 20, 2008.] As bewildered Americans survey the wreckage of their … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Global economy, Service economy
Tagged bail-out, bailout, blankfein, dean baker, donna edwards, eliot spitzer, fdic, glass-steagall, gretchen morgenson, john kay, john shadegg, marcy kaptur, neel kashkari, pat choate, paul craig roberts, paulson, peter defazio, predatory lending, tsinghua, wall street, william isaac, zero-accountability
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