author James Galbraith believes (1).
Fri 2010-05-14 17:49 EDT
James Galbraith is an economist and the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin. He's also a skeptic of the prevailing concern over America's long-term deficit. With many people now comparing America's fiscal condition to Greece, I spoke with Galbraith to get the other side of the argument...
Thu 2009-10-22 14:25 EDT
University of Texas economist and author James Galbraith believes the press has paid too little attention to investigating the ``criminal and felonious behavior'' involved in the economic crash of last year. ``The press as a whole used [Ponzi-schemer] Bernie Madoff as the emblem of wrongdoing, but compared to the wrongdoing in the housing sector, the Madoff scandal was small-bore,'' Galbraith told Nieman Watchdog in a recent interview. ``The press has tended a bit to treat this issue [mortgage related fraud] as a kind of boys-will-be-boys phenomenon. The press has not been aggressive in investigating this the way they should, to point out to readers the extent to which we're talking about fraud -- criminal, felonious behavior -- that will end up with people in the penitentiary.''
commentary; Crash; fraud; led; Nieman Watchdog; report; s.
Tue 2008-10-07 00:00 EDT
Six Questions for James Galbraith on the Financial Crisis and the Bailout--By Ken Silverstein (Harper's Magazine)
Bailout; Financial Crisis; Harper's Magazine; James Galbraith; Ken Silverstein; questions.
Mon 2004-03-22 00:00 EST
by James Galbraith (against globalization)
