Monthly Archives: May 2012

May 31, 2012

• Michael Crimmins: Jamie Dimon’s Illegal “Cookie Jar”
  by Matt Stoller 3:26 pm

• Bill Black: Career Limiting Gestures (CLG): Trying to Speak Truth to Congress
  by Matt Stoller 1:00 pm

• The Career of Reaganite Barney Frank
  by Matt Stoller 9:00 am

• Citigroup Still Committing Mortgage Fraud as Late as 2012
  by Matt Stoller 6:15 am

• Links, 5/31/12
  by Matt Stoller 5:55 am

May 30, 2012

• Barney Frank: Obama Rejected Bush Administration Concession to Write Down Mortgages
  by Matt Stoller 9:00 am

• All Eyes Turn to Spain
  by Matt Stoller 7:00 am

• Links 5/30/12
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Greening the desert
  by Lambert Strether 2:59 am

• Drug Warrior and Pro-Drone Democratic Congressman Silvestres Reyes Goes Down Hard
  by Matt Stoller 2:00 am

May 29, 2012

• Randy Wray: MMT Without the JG?
  by Lambert Strether 6:00 pm

• The Julian Assange Show: Occupy Movement (E7)
  by Lambert Strether 2:30 pm

• False dawn in Greece
  by Lambert Strether 10:00 am

• Links 5/29/12
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Satyajit Das: The Great Pretender – India’s Economic Past & Future, Part 3: Political Atrophy
  by Lambert Strether 5:00 am

• War document: “Straight to Hell,” Track 12, From Here to Eternity, The Clash
  by Lambert Strether 3:16 am

May 28, 2012

• Bill Black: Embedded Examiners always married the Natives, but now their Bosses Do Hook Ups
  by Lambert Strether 11:59 am

• Links Memorial Day
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Satyajit Das: The Great Pretender – India’s Economic Past & Future, Part 2: “A Sea of Troubles”
  by Lambert Strether 4:00 am

• War document: Iliad, Book XVI, verses 297 – 341
  by Lambert Strether 12:48 am

May 27, 2012

• New Zealand, Fresh From Its Service to Mexican Drug Lords, Helps Out the Russian Mafia
  by Richard Smith 3:30 pm

• Links 5/27/12
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Satyajit Das: The Great Pretender – India’s Economic Past & Future, Part 1: “India Shining”
  by Lambert Strether 4:00 am

• War document: General William Tecumseh Sherman to the Mayor and Councilmen of Atlanta
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 am

May 26, 2012

• Links 5/26/12
  by Matt Stoller 5:55 am

May 25, 2012

• Is Schneiderman Already Starting the Blame Game Over the Mortgage Fraud Task Force Failure?
  by Matt Stoller 5:13 pm

• Let’s Say Germany Enforces More Austerity on Greece: Then What?
  by Matt Stoller 2:23 pm

• The Democrats Who Protect JP Morgan’s Incompetent Regulator
  by Matt Stoller 11:00 am

• Steve Dubb: Why Building Community Wealth is a Key Challenge to Corporate Power
  by Matt Stoller 9:00 am

• Links 5/25/12
  by Matt Stoller 5:55 am

May 24, 2012

• Ellen Brown: Is Cooperative Banking the Wave of the Future?
  by Matt Stoller 4:43 pm

• BAILOUT: Former Bailout Watchdog Neil Barofsky to Release Tell-All Account Of Bush/Obama Administration Banking Policies
  by Matt Stoller 2:22 pm

• Truthiness is Next to Lawlessness: It’s Time to Enforce Sarbanes-Oxley in the JP Morgan CIO Scandal
  by Matt Stoller 9:15 am

• Anonymous: The Fable of “Moral Arithmetic”
  by Lambert Strether 6:30 am

• Links 5/24/12
  by Matt Stoller 5:55 am

May 23, 2012

• Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan Defends Jamie Dimon, Dodd-Frank
  by Matt Stoller 4:30 pm

• Tara Lohan: There Is a Way! Beyond the Big, Bad Corporation
  by Matt Stoller 3:30 pm

• James K. Galbraith: We Told You So
  by Lambert Strether 11:00 am

• Over 99% of Federal Reserve Bank Enforcement Actions Are Resolved Without Admission of Guilt
  by Matt Stoller 9:56 am

• Links 5/23/12
  by Matt Stoller 5:55 am

May 22, 2012

• Occupy Wall Street Alternative Banking Group Files Amicus Brief on Side of Judge Rakoff in SEC v. Citigroup
  by Yves Smith 5:59 pm

• Gar Alperovitz: The Rise of the New Economy Movement
  by Matt Stoller 4:00 pm

• Obama and Schneiderman to Double Size of Non-Existent Task Force
  by Matt Stoller 11:30 am

• Bill Clinton’s $80 Million Payday, or Why Politicians Don’t Care That Much About Reelection
  by Matt Stoller 9:00 am

• Earth to Dimon: Banks Don’t Have a Right to Profit
  by Matt Stoller 7:34 am

• Links 5/22/12
  by Matt Stoller 5:55 am

May 21, 2012

• In Greek Humanitarian Crisis, It Will Be Leftists Or Neo-Nazis
  by Matt Stoller 2:00 pm

• Philip Pilkington: Why the Germans Probably Won’t Allow Greece to Exit the Euro
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Marshall Auerback: Today Germany Is the Big Loser, Not Greece
  by Matt Stoller 8:00 am

• Links 5/21/12
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Could the Eurozone Crisis Cause Another Lehman Moment?
  by Matt Stoller 2:00 am

May 20, 2012

• How to Fix Banking
  by Lambert Strether 11:55 pm

• Links 5/20/12
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• J. D. Alt: Playing Monopolis Monopoly: An Inquiry Into Why We Are Making Ourselves So Miserable
  by Lambert Strether 5:00 am

• Is a Fight in Democratic Party Worth It?
  by Lambert Strether 3:06 am

May 19, 2012

• Derivatives Need a Priest
  by Lambert Strether 11:22 am

• Links 5/19/12
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

May 18, 2012

• Tom Ferguson: Senate Banking Chair Calls Jamie Dimon to Testify -– But JP Morgan Chase is His Biggest Contributor!
  by Yves Smith 12:34 pm

• Links 5/18/12
  by Yves Smith 3:52 am

• Reader Notice
  by Yves Smith 3:47 am

• Europe is Falling Apart
  by Yves Smith 1:04 am

• Philip Pilkington: Keynes’ Alleged Totalitarianism – The ‘Malign’ Forward to the German Edition of the General Theory
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

May 17, 2012

• More Evidence of Lax Oversight of JP Morgan Chief Investment Office
  by Yves Smith 10:24 pm

• Recovery Begins When Addiction Ends: An Open Letter to Jamie Dimon
  by Yves Smith 9:00 am

• Links 5/17/12
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• Michael Crimmins: Why the Cops Should be Knocking on Jamie Dimon’s Door Soon
  by Yves Smith 2:30 am

• Brett Scott: The Safe Deposit Box – Creating a Financial Wikileaks
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am

• Mirabile Dictu! The SEC Finally Investigates Magnetar
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

May 16, 2012

• Abigail Field: Jamie Dimon’s Hedge Fund
  by Yves Smith 4:17 pm

• So Much for Schneiderman Being Tough on Wall Street
  by Yves Smith 3:39 pm

• Links 5/16/12
  by Yves Smith 4:14 am

• Why is Paul Krugman Misrepresenting the Demise of a Wall Street Funded, Right Wing, Entitlement-Bashing Front Group?
  by Yves Smith 4:01 am

• Mark Ames: Failing Up With Citigroup’s Dick Parsons
  by Yves Smith 2:59 am

• UNCTAD as the Battleground for Role of the State, Trade Policy
  by Yves Smith 12:29 am

May 15, 2012

• “What Scares Me Isn’t $2 Billion Loss JP Morgan Made, What Scares Me is the Record $19 Billion in Profits”
  by Yves Smith 6:18 pm

• Links 5/15/12
  by Yves Smith 3:47 am

• Tom Ferguson: Financial Regulation? Don’t Get Your Hopes Up
  by Yves Smith 3:27 am

• Satyajit Das: Topiary Lessons – JP Morgan’s US $2 Billion Loss
  by Yves Smith 1:31 am

• Europe’s Black Cygnets Grow
  by Yves Smith 1:03 am

May 14, 2012

• Barack Obama, the Great Deceiver
  by Yves Smith 11:50 am

• Links 5/14/12
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Olenick: WhaleMu – JP Morgan’s Next Surprise?
  by Yves Smith 6:23 am

• Michael Hudson: Paul Krugman’s Economic Blinders
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

• Occupy the SEC to Jamie Dimon: We Told You So
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

May 13, 2012

• Links 5/13/12
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• Colleges as Merchants of Debt
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

• Yes Lab Gives US Trade Negotiators “Corporate Power Tool” Award
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

May 12, 2012

• Links 5/12/12
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Robert Shiller is Wrong
  by Yves Smith 2:12 am

• Bill Black: New York Times Reporters Embrace the Berlin Consensus and Ignore Krugman and Economics
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

May 11, 2012

• Links 5/11/12
  by Yves Smith 3:59 am

• JP Morgan Loss Bomb Confirms That It’s Time to Kill VaR
  by Yves Smith 3:05 am

• What Can Americans Learn from the Eurocrisis
  by Yves Smith 1:29 am

• Mirable Dictu! Moody’s to Adjust Bank Ratings Downward for Regulatory Arbitrage
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

May 10, 2012

• Jamie Dimon Misrepresented “London Whale” Risks, Admits to $2+ Billion Loss Plus Risk Management Black Eye
  by Yves Smith 8:10 pm

• Links 5/10/12
  by Yves Smith 3:33 am

• Michael Hudson on Greenspan’s Hackery
  by Yves Smith 2:46 am

• Watching Icon of the Left Eric Schneiderman Morph into Administration Water Boy Tom Miller
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

• Europe’s Problems Multiply
  by Yves Smith 1:45 am

May 9, 2012

• Quelle Surprise! Fed Defends Incompetent Bank Management Against Investors
  by Yves Smith 10:16 pm

• Dan Kervick: The Political Economy of Citadella
  by Yves Smith 12:30 pm

• Links 5/9/12
  by Yves Smith 4:25 am

• The Intensifying Debate Over Food Security
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

• Stealth Plan to Shift Costs of Certain Widely-Used Drugs to Consumers
  by Yves Smith 2:47 am

• The Bankruptcy “Reforms” of 2005: Creation of a New Debtor’s Prison?
  by Yves Smith 12:52 am

May 8, 2012

• More on Frontline’s Astonishing Whitewash of the Crisis
  by Yves Smith 12:05 pm

• Links 5/8/12
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bill Black: New York Times Reporters Need to Read Krugman’s Columns
  by Yves Smith 2:37 am

• Wolf Richter: Blowback from Sarkozy’s Election Finance Shenanigans
  by Yves Smith 12:12 am

May 7, 2012

• Links 5/7/12
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Shale Gas Hype: Subprime 2.0?
  by Yves Smith 1:44 am

• Philip Pilkington: Democrats vs. Technocrats – Son of Neoliberal Economist who Manufactured Policies that Led to Argentina’s Default is the Source of Contrary Statistics on Inflation
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

May 6, 2012

• Frontline Takes Issue With Our Critique of Its “Money, Power & Wall Street” Shows
  by Yves Smith 7:30 pm

• Pollsters Say Hollande Has Won French Election
  by Yves Smith 1:39 pm

• Links 5/6/12
  by Yves Smith 2:52 am

• Economists, Liquidity Mongers and the Banker Assault on Financial Reform
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

May 5, 2012

• George Washington: Lack of Trust – Caused by Institutional Corruption – Is Killing the Economy
  by George Washington 7:54 pm

• Links 5/5/12
  by Yves Smith 3:15 am

• How did Quebec Students Mobilize Hundreds of Thousands for Strike?
  by Yves Smith 2:17 am

• Lynn Parramore: Why the Rich Are Sending Pets on a Diamond-Studded Trip to the Afterlife
  by Yves Smith 1:19 am

May 4, 2012

• Exclusive: How Obama’s Early Career Success Was Built on Fronting for Chicago Real Estate and Finance
  by Yves Smith 12:09 pm

• Draghi Departs the Solar System
  by Yves Smith 12:00 pm

• Links 5/4/12
  by Yves Smith 6:11 am

• Yet Another Mortgage Settlement Gimmie: Conflicting Servicing Standards Play into Hands of Banks
  by Yves Smith 5:44 am

May 3, 2012

• Les Leopold: How Wall Street Drives Up Gas Prices
  by Yves Smith 4:21 pm

• David Graeber: New Police Strategy in New York – Sexual Assault Against Peaceful Protestors
  by Yves Smith 4:08 pm

• George Washington: Our Country Is Being Fracked by the Merger of Government and Big Business
  by George Washington 3:57 pm

• Links 5/3/12
  by Yves Smith 5:42 am

• Adam Davidson Parrots Disinformation as He Extols Rule by the Top 0.1%
  by Yves Smith 5:11 am

• Philip Pilkington: Inflation-Targeting Experiment May Start in Japan… But at What Cost?
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

May 2, 2012

• New York Times Yet Again Demonstrates Its Fealty to the 1%
  by Yves Smith 4:28 pm

• Links 5/2/12
  by Yves Smith 4:20 am

• Is Wells Fargo a Lehman in the Making?
  by Yves Smith 3:24 am

• Philip Pilkington: Bankers Shoot Selves in Foot – “Reduce Our Profits by Cutting Deficits, Please!”
  by Yves Smith 3:20 am

• The Renegade Economist Speaks with Ann Pettifor
  by Yves Smith 12:53 am

May 1, 2012

• Dan Kervick: The Astonishing Case of the Impenetrable Zero Bound
  by Yves Smith 5:35 pm

• Links May Day 2012
  by Yves Smith 4:14 am

• Mirabile Dictu! The SEC is Getting Disgusted With Lawyers Pulling the Same Tricks in SEC Investigations that They Pull in Foreclosure Land Every Day
  by Yves Smith 2:30 am

• Charlotte to Suspend Constitutional Free Speech and Assembly Protections to Help Bank of America, Duke Shareholder Meetings
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

• Big Employers Extorting States, Pocketing Employee Income Tax Withholding
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am