naked capitalism Wed 2010-08-04 20:59 EDT

Getting Ugly on the Commercial Real Estate Front

It wasn't all that long ago that the media and banking industry commentators would worry about the coming train wreck in commercial real estate. But peculiarly, that topic has more or less receded from view...But as predicted, the decay in the commercial real estate loans continues at an impressive pace...

commercial real estate front; naked capitalism; ugly.

Fri 2009-07-24 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Munger on Phony Accounting, Cultural Decay, and Derivatives

Warren Buffett's longstanding partner Charlie Munger

Cultural Decay; derivative; Munger; naked capitalism; Phony Accounting.

Fri 2009-01-16 00:00 EST

The Predator State

by James K. Galbraith (2006); ``the signature of modern American capitalism...predation...wherein the rich have come to feast on decaying systems built for the middle class''

Predator state.

Tue 2007-11-13 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: More CDO Jitters and Price Decay

CDO Jitters; naked capitalism; Price Decay.