Monday, October 19, 2009

Calomiris: We can solve the too-big-to-fail problem without losing the benefits of a global financial system

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In the World of Banks, Bigger Can Be Better . By CHARLES CALOMIRIS We can solve the too-big-to-fail problem without losing the benefits of a...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Almost two-thirds of all bad mortgages in our financial system were bought by government agencies or required by government regulations

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Barney Frank, Predatory Lender . By PETER J. WALLISON Almost two-thirds of all bad mortgages in our financial system were bought by governme...

Borrow from the Federal Reserve at zero and lend to Treasury for a profit. That's some racket

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The Banking System Is Still Broken . By ANN LEE Borrow from the Federal Reserve at zero and lend to Treasury for a profit. That's some r...

Al From: Democrats Don't Need the Public Option - Transformational reforms have always passed with bipartisan majorities

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Democrats Don't Need the Public Option . By AL FROM Transformational reforms have always passed with bipartisan majorities. WSJ, Oct 16,...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Trading book quantitative impact study by the Basel Committee: results

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Trading book quantitative impact study by the Basel Committee: results BIS, October 15, 2009 The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issu...

US Support for the Arms Trade Treaty

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Arms Control and International Security: U.S. Support for the Arms Trade Treaty . By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Washington, ...

Robert Reich, 2007: if you're very old, [i]t's too expensive, so we're going to let you die

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Robert Reich, 2007: if you're very old, [i]t's too expensive, so we're going to let you die WSJ, Oct 15, 2009 Robert Reich, who ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The US dollar shortage in global banking and the international policy response

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The US dollar shortage in global banking and the international policy response , by Goetz von Peter and Patrick McGuire BIS Working Papers N...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Deficits and the Chinese Challenge - Debt can become a real liability for a superpower. Recall what happened to postwar Britain

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Deficits and the Chinese Challenge . By ZACHARY KARABELL Debt can become a real liability for a superpower. Recall what happened to postwar ...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Mutual guarantee institutions "are better than banks at screening and monitoring opaque borrowers"

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Mutual guarantee institutions and small business finance , by Francesco Columba, Leonardo Gambacorta and Paolo Emilio Mistrulli BIS Working ...

Has the economic stimulus program helped or hurt?

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Stimulus Scam , by Richard W. Rahn Cato The Washington Times on October 8, 2009 Has the economic stimulus program helped or hurt? Administra...

Would a Stricter Fed Policy and Financial Regulation Have Averted the Financial Crisis?

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Would a Stricter Fed Policy and Financial Regulation Have Averted the Financial Crisis? , by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren Cato, Oct...

Grand Mufti on Islam, Israel and the United States

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Islam, Israel and the United States . By Sheikh Ali Gomaa Peace among the Abrahamic faiths will be built on respect and the law. WSJ, Oct 08...

Islamists misrepresent the liberal legacy of the Ottoman Empire

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Bring Back the Caliphate . By Soner Cagaptay Islamists misrepresent the liberal legacy of the Ottoman Empire. WSJ, Oct 08, 2009 The reaction...

Down with capitalists, nations, bosses, families, etc. - Commonwealth

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Brothers in Marx . By Brian C Anderson Down with capitalists, nations, bosses, families, etc. WSJ, Oct 08, 2009 Review of: Commonwealth By M...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Why Sustainability Standards for Biofuel Production Make Little Economic Sense

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Why Sustainability Standards for Biofuel Production Make Little Economic Sense . By Harry de Gorter and David R. Just Cato, October 7, 2009 ...

Readout of the Presidents call and meeting with Iraqi President Talabani

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Readout of the Presidents call and meeting with Iraqi President Talabani WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary -------------------------...

Cato: The Government Robbed Chrysler Creditors

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The Government Robbed Chrysler Creditors. By Ilya Shapiro http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/10/ In January 2009, Chrysler stood on the bri...

Libertarian: The major provisions of ObamaCare already have been tried. They've led to increased costs and reduced access to care

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The Lesson of State Health-Care Reforms . By PETER SUDERMAN The major provisions of ObamaCare already have been tried. They've led to in...
Monday, October 5, 2009

Iran's Big Victory in Geneva - We are now even further from eliminating Tehran's threat

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Iran's Big Victory in Geneva . By JOHN BOLTON We are now even further from eliminating Tehran's threat. WSJ, Oct 05, 2009 The most w...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Barro & Redlick: Our new research shows no evidence of a Keynesian 'multiplier' effect. There is evidence that tax cuts boost growth

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Stimulus Spending Doesn't Work . By ROBERT J. BARRO AND CHARLES J. REDLICK Our new research shows no evidence of a Keynesian 'multip...

Protecting the Credit Raters - Washington moves to maintain the AAA cartel

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Protecting the Credit Raters . WSJ Editorial Washington moves to maintain the AAA cartel. The Wall Street Journal, page A22, Oct 01, 2009 Th...

U.S. Credibility and Pakistan - What Islamabad thinks of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

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U.S. Credibility and Pakistan . WSJ Editorial What Islamabad thinks of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Wall Street Journal, page A22...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Wall Street Needs More Skin in the Game - Partnerships were one way of aligning the interests of money managers and investors

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Wall Street Needs More Skin in the Game . By PETER WEINBERG Partnerships were one way of aligning the interests of money managers and invest...