Posted on 28 March 2008. Tags: Alan Greenspan, Barack Obama, Bear Stearns, Class Warfare, Dean Baker, Economics, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Paul Krugman, Paul Volcker, Robert Rubin, Ron Blackwell, Subprime Mortgages
This morning, Sen. Obama is scheduled to give a major address on the economy. Yours truly is scheduled to appear on CNBC’s "Power Lunch" (hey, I didn’t come up with the name) at 1:20 p.m. (Eastern Time). I may not have a chance to post the entire speech here before the CNBC gig but […]
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Posted on 27 March 2008. Tags: Alan Greenspan, Barack Obama, Class Warfare, Dean Baker, Economics, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Paul Krugman, Paul Volcker, Robert Rubin, Ron Blackwell, Subprime Mortgages
Yesterday, I observed the bizarre proposal by Sen. Clinton to hand over fixing the economic mess we’re in to the very people who helped create the mess (well, actually, for most workers we’ve been in an economic mess for a very long time–but you’all know that). I wasn’t trying to pick on Sen. Clinton […]
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Posted on 26 March 2008. Tags: Alan Greenspan, Barack Obama, Bear Stearns, Class Warfare, Dean Baker, Economics, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Paul Krugman, Paul Volcker, Robert Rubin, Ron Blackwell, Subprime Mortgages
I have been waiting to hear what the presidential candidates have to say about how to address the financial crisis gripping the country, and the international markets. Very little of substance has been said, beyond vague pronouncements—until yesterday. Sen. Hillary Clinton released a plan, which, in my humble opinion, underscores why another Clinton Administration would […]
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