Banks
Who should be the next Fed chair?
August 16, 2013If it were my decision, first I would try to talk Ben Bernanke out of leaving, since he is the closest thing to a "Depression scientist" that has ever been in the job.
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Bank of America lied to homeowners and rewarded foreclosures, former employees say
June 19, 2013Bank of America employees regularly lied to homeowners, according to sworn statements by former bank employees.
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The last mainstream intellectual defense of austerity crumbles
April 25, 2013In 2010, economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff (know in the econ trade as "R & R") released a paper, "Growth in a Time of Debt."
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Stopping blight: One side of the anti-foreclosure fight
April 10, 2013The fight to stop foreclosures and make the banks pay continued in Los Angeles on April 2.
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Cyprus “blackmailed” by European Union
April 1, 2013The countries of the European south, Greece in particular, have suffered due to the world crisis of capital. The crisis has now turned on the Mediterranean nation of Cyprus with a vengeance.
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