Monthly Archives: October 2012

October 31, 2012

• Links Halloween
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bank of England’s Andrew Haldane Deems Occupy a Success
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Michael Olenick: How Fannie Enriches Private Equity Investors at Taxpayer and Homeowner Expense
  by Yves Smith 5:53 am

• What Hath Superstorm Sandy Wrought?
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

• Yes, Virginia, Sound Regulation and Oversight Pay for Themselves
  by Yves Smith 2:03 am

October 30, 2012

• Bill Black: The Great Betrayal – and the Cynicism of Calling it a Grand Bargain
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Links 10/30/12
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

• A “Fossil-Fueled Storm” Calls for an Immediate Crash Course on Climate Change
  by Matt Stoller 6:00 am

• Some Hidden Casualties of Hurricane Sandy
  by Yves Smith 5:42 am

• Econ4 Discusses Jobs and Job Creation
  by Yves Smith 1:17 am

• More Greek Tragedy
  by Yves Smith 1:08 am

October 29, 2012

• Links 10/29/12
  by Yves Smith 6:46 am

• Mr. Market Says the Military Industrial Complex Will Be Largely Spared in Upcoming Grand Bargain
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• The Democrats’ Dubious Record on the Supreme Court
  by Yves Smith 3:14 am

October 28, 2012

• A Note on Our Fundraiser and the Hurricane
  by Yves Smith 11:01 pm

• FrankenStorm Watch and Possible Weather Related Service Changes (Updated)
  by Yves Smith 8:01 pm

• Links 10/28/12
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Michael M. Thomas: Naked Capitalism – An Insider’s Guide
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• High Crimes, Great Crash Versus Now (Rajat Gupta/Richard Whitney Edition)
  by Yves Smith 5:32 am

• The Coming Drone Invasion
  by Yves Smith 1:19 am

October 27, 2012

• Launching the NC 2012 Fundraiser!
  by Yves Smith 7:18 am

• Links 10/27/12
  by Yves Smith 4:26 am

• Elderly Americans Burdened by Student Debt Too
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

• Hugging a Chicken via the Internet
  by Yves Smith 2:17 am

• Neil Barofsky Discusses “Incestuous Orgy” Between Washington and Wall Street on Bill Moyers
  by Yves Smith 1:02 am

October 26, 2012

• Links 10/26/12
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Rentier CEOs Advocate Austerity for America
  by Yves Smith 6:38 am

• Latest Obama Headfake: Threat to Replace Favorite Housing Scapegoat, FHFA’s Ed DeMarco
  by Yves Smith 4:48 am

• We Speak About High Frequency Trading and Goldman’s Greg Smith on BNN
  by Yves Smith 1:42 am

• Wolf Richter: Competitiveness Cacophony – Attack On France’s Sacred Cow
  by Yves Smith 1:05 am

October 25, 2012

• Links 10/25/12
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• Neoliberalism Kills: Part Two
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• We Discuss Wall Street Ethics (More Accurately, the Lack Thereof) on Aljazeera
  by Yves Smith 2:19 am

• Propaganda on the Rise on the Health Care Policy Front
  by Yves Smith 2:13 am

• Ocean Power: The Ignored Alternative
  by Yves Smith 1:56 am

October 24, 2012

• Links 10/24/12
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• What Ex-Goldmanite Greg Smith Didn’t Say, and Some Guesses as to Why
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Philip Pilkington: Why “Free Markets” Accommodate Speculation and Lead to Disequilibrium
  by Yves Smith 6:08 am

• Obama vs. Romney III: “I got nuthin’,” but there’s a reason for that
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

October 23, 2012

• Neil Barofsky on Pandit and Obama Administration Bankster Friendliness on Bill Moyers
  by Yves Smith 8:40 pm

• Links 10/23/12
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

• 10,000 Posts and Counting!
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

• Modern American Economic History in a Few Charts
  by Matt Stoller 1:32 am

October 22, 2012

• Julia Gillard and the Art of Rhetoric
  by Lambert Strether 7:43 pm

• Carmen M Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff: This Time is Different, Again? The US Five Years After The Onset of Subprime
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 pm

• Britain’s Unions Bring London to a Standstill
  by Lambert Strether 4:30 pm

• Europe’s Summit That Wasn’t
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/22/12
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Project S.H.A.M.E.: Recovered History: How Wall Street-Funded Self Help Propaganda Greased the Real Estate Bubble
  by Lambert Strether 4:30 am

• Money & Public Purpose: Government is Not a Household
  by Yves Smith 12:29 am

October 21, 2012

• Links 10/21/12
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Neoliberalism Kills: Part One
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• Greek Society Unravels Under Austerity Measures
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 am

October 20, 2012

• Links 10/20/12
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• Why It is Essential That Criminal Bankers are Prosecuted
  by Yves Smith 3:07 am

• Bill Moyers: Plutocracy Rising
  by Yves Smith 2:41 am

October 19, 2012

• NC Fundraiser Coming Soon!
  by Yves Smith 2:00 pm

• Links 10/19/12
  by Yves Smith 5:57 am

• How Botched Derivatives Risk Taming Regulations are Again Going to Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag
  by Yves Smith 5:16 am

• Private Equity Collusion on Deals
  by Yves Smith 4:39 am

• Some Smart Money is Already Exiting the Single Family Rental Landgrab
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

• EU Summiteers Feast While Eurozone Smolders
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

October 18, 2012

• Marcy Wheeler: Eric Holder Rewards the Teams that Gave Torturers and Mortgage Fraudsters Immunity
  by Yves Smith 7:29 pm

• Public Briefing: Erskine Bowles Determined to Reduce Private Sector Income, Stifle US Economy
  by Yves Smith 12:29 pm

• Links 10/18/12
  by Yves Smith 5:29 am

• It’s Time for a Tax to Kill High Frequency Trading
  by Yves Smith 4:44 am

• Quelle Surprise! Spain Shows Bank Stress Tests Living Up to Their Bad Name, Dud Loans Rise 0.6% in One Month
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

• Yanis Varoufakis: The Euro Crisis as a Spectacular Political Failure
  by Yves Smith 12:48 am

October 17, 2012

• The Business of Health Insurance and “Obamacare”: What Can We Expect?
  by Yves Smith 1:10 pm

• Link 10/17/12
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Citigroup’s $900 Million Man Departs Abruptly
  by Yves Smith 5:53 am

• The Myth of Affordable Energy — Interview with Ed Dolan
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

• Introducing New Video Series, The Bottom Line
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

October 16, 2012

• The voices of China’s workers
  by Lambert Strether 6:48 pm

• Links 10/16/12
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

• Quelle Surprise! Sorkin Tells Remarkable Whoppers to Defend His Wall Street Sources
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• Contra the Economic Bulls: Pursued Debt Collection Amounts Increase by 8% in First Six Months of 2012
  by Matt Stoller 3:04 am

• Iberian Pain Only Getting Worse as Spanish Population Falls, Portugal Goes All in For More Failed Austerity
  by Yves Smith 3:03 am

• Michael Olenick: Mortgage Industrial Complex Continues Its Push Against Rule of Law
  by Yves Smith 2:03 am

• Rajiv Sethi: Of Bulls and Bair
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

October 15, 2012

• Biden and Ryan Tee Up “The Grand Bargain” in the Vice Presidential Debate
  by Lambert Strether 6:15 pm

• Bill Black: The Vampire Squid Morphs into Jilted Valley Girl
  by Yves Smith 5:07 pm

• Links 10/15/12
  by Yves Smith 9:49 am

• Why is a Price-Fixing/Collusion Lawsuit Against the Biggest Names in Private Equity Getting Only Cursory Notice?
  by Yves Smith 4:05 am

• Home Appraisers: A Market Failure?
  by Yves Smith 2:41 am

• So Where is Schneiderman? Computerized Robosigning Has Made Its Debut
  by Yves Smith 12:22 am

October 14, 2012

• Satyajit Das: Best in Show
  by Yves Smith 10:00 am

• Links 10/14/12
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• John Kenneth Galbraith on the Moral Justifications for Wealth and Inequality
  by Yves Smith 5:25 am

October 13, 2012

• Links 10/13/12
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Timing and Phantom Data: A Second Look at the Controversial September Jobs Report
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Spain’s Unfinished Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

October 12, 2012

• Links 10/12/12
  by Yves Smith 6:47 am

• Walmart, the Most Powerful Company in the World, Admits that Protests and Strikes Lead to Wage Increases
  by Matt Stoller 6:40 am

• Former FDIC Chief Sheila Bair Calls Romney “Misinformed” on Dodd Frank
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Nobel Peace Prize Committee Sets New Standard as Political Contraindicator, Awards the European Union its 2012 Prize
  by Yves Smith 6:08 am

• An Overlooked Currency War in Europe
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am

October 11, 2012

• Links 10/11/12
  by Yves Smith 6:43 am

• IMF Suddenly Decides It Might be OK to Loosen Austerity Tourniquets Now that Gangrene is Setting In
  by Yves Smith 6:18 am

• More JP Morgan Whitewash
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Pimco’s El-Erian Warns of Central Bank Put Bubble
  by Yves Smith 2:19 am

October 10, 2012

• Can We Get Australian PM Julia Gillard to Give Debate Lessons in America?
  by Yves Smith 7:00 pm

• Links 10/10/12
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

• Richard Alford: Monetary Policy, Household Balance Sheets, and Recoveries from Financial Crises
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• Election 2012: One Out of Every Ten Political Ad Spending Dollars Goes to Attacking Wall Street
  by Matt Stoller 3:59 am

October 9, 2012

• Lynn Parramore: Islam Has Been Part of American History Since Its Founding
  by Yves Smith 5:59 pm

• Links 10/9/12
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

• Mirabile Dictu! The Media Notices the Sucking Sound of Growth (What Little There Was) Leaving the Economy and Underplays IMF Malpractice
  by Yves Smith 4:36 am

• Even Schneiderman’s Staff Shows Doubts by Voting with Their Feet
  by Yves Smith 2:19 am

• Wolf Richter: Punishment of the Spanish Political Class by the People
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

October 8, 2012

• Charter Schools Fail the Math Test in Battleground Chicago
  by Yves Smith 11:48 pm

• Links 10/8/12
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Philip Pilkington: Debt and the Decay of the Myth of Liberal Individualism
  by Yves Smith 3:50 am

• Gar Alperovitz: Systemic Crisis, Politics as Usual
  by Lambert Strether 3:43 am

• Jacob Funk Kirkegaard: Protests, Riots, Rightists Rage in Europe – But to No Ill Effect
  by Lambert Strether 2:45 am

October 7, 2012

• Links 10/7/12
  by Yves Smith 3:12 am

• “What if the Global Financial Crisis is Permanent?”
  by Yves Smith 1:51 am

• New York Times Story Bizarrely Downplays Impact of Ocean Acidification
  by Yves Smith 12:03 am

October 6, 2012

• Links 10/6/12
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Is War with Iran Inevitable?
  by Yves Smith 2:22 am

October 5, 2012

• The Curious Case of the Part Time Worker: The BLS Jobs Report Covering September 2012
  by Lambert Strether 6:39 pm

• Links 10/5/12
  by Yves Smith 5:48 am

• New York Times Profile of London Whale Boss, Ina Drew, Camouflages Dimon’s Risk Management Failures
  by Yves Smith 5:04 am

• Randy Wray: The World’s Worst Central Banker
  by Yves Smith 1:06 am

• Ironically, Sanctions Success Strengthens Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Trump Card
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

October 4, 2012

• Did Obama Blame the Financial Crisis on Budget Deficits?
  by Matt Stoller 5:56 pm

• Corporate CEOs Unveil Obama’s Second Term Agenda: Cutting Entitlements and Endless Fracking
  by Matt Stoller 11:00 am

• Post-Debate Analysis: The Media Can Now Get the Electoral Horse Race It Wants
  by Matt Stoller 8:00 am

• Links, 10/4/2012
  by Matt Stoller 5:55 am

• Why Breaking Up MegaBanks Would Help Investors
  by Yves Smith 3:16 am

October 3, 2012

• Jeff Connaughton: Why Romney Should Attack One of Obama’s Greatest Political Vulnerabilities
  by Matt Stoller 3:58 pm

• Do We Really Need Freddie to Subsidize Rental Investors?
  by Yves Smith 3:32 pm

• Bill Black: Ryan Talks Jobs and Exposes the Lies about the 47%
  by Matt Stoller 12:32 pm

• Attack of the Blob: How Professional Democrats and Professional Republicans Ran America Into the Ground
  by Matt Stoller 9:00 am

• Links, 10/03/2012
  by Matt Stoller 5:55 am

October 2, 2012

• Global PMIs shuffle on
  by Matt Stoller 1:42 pm

• Bill Black: Robert J. Samuelson tries to create a moral panic about deficits
  by Matt Stoller 12:14 pm

• PricewaterhouseCoopers Paid $1 Billion as Consultant on Mortgage Settlement
  by Matt Stoller 9:06 am

• On Tech Woes
  by Yves Smith 9:03 am

• Links, 10/02/2012
  by Matt Stoller 6:55 am

• Michael Hoexter: Deficit Hawks (Obama, Romney, Bowles, Boehner) Plan to Shrink YOUR Economy – Part 2
  by Yves Smith 2:34 am

October 1, 2012

• Schneiderman Suit Against JP Morgan: A Rehash of Other Lawsuits, Likely to Produce Meager Settlement
  by Yves Smith 11:12 pm

• Mirabile Dictu! Schneiderman Files Fraud Suit Against JP Morgan Over Bear Stearns MBS
  by Yves Smith 6:36 pm

• Links 10/01/2012
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Philip Pilkington: Three Reasons Why Endogenous Money Matters
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

• Why I Remain Irritated at the Sierra Club
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• Michael Hoexter: Deficit Hawks (Obama, Romney, Bowles, Boehner) Plan to Shrink YOUR Economy – Part 1
  by Lambert Strether 12:15 am