Thu 2009-01-15 00:00 EST
SO AGAIN -- HOW DID IT HAPPEN? by Peter T. Treadway, The Dismal Optimist | The Big Picture; ``excess internationally derived high powered money creation and Minsky private sector credit creation'' ``near term further deleveraging and deflation will prevail globally...too early to buy stocks or real estate or art despite the apparent values''
Mon 2008-12-15 00:00 EST
Counterpunch; ``Total private-sector markets (in practice, markets run by the banks and money managers) have shown themselves to be just as destructive, wasteful and corrupt and, indeed, centrally planned as those of totally statist governments from Stalin's Russia to Hitler's Germany.''
ending; Jeffrey Sommers; Michael Hudson; Washington Consensus.
Tue 2008-10-07 00:00 EDT
A Workable, Private Bank Assistance Plan or Why President Bush Should Fire Bernanke and Paulson Right Now, by Institutional Risk Analytics
Fire Ben Bernanke; Hank Paulson; Institutional Risk Analyst; President Bush; Private Bank Assistance Plan; Workable.
Wed 2008-08-13 00:00 EDT
enable private placements of large lots of stock without the need for public disclosure; dark pools
Thu 2008-07-03 00:00 EDT
The Other Real Estate Disaster, by Stephane Fitch, Forbes.com; private equity real estate funds lost billions of pension fund capital
Tue 2008-03-25 00:00 EDT
Mon 2008-03-24 00:00 EDT
"unelected bureaucrats went beyond their legal mandates, delivered a windfall to a single private company at public expense, entered agreements that violate the the public trust, and created a situation where even if the bureaucratic malfeasance stands, the shareholders of Bear Stearns will either reject the deal or be deprived of their right to determine the fate of the company they own"
2; 6; Bear Stearns trade; Hussman Funds; weekly market comments.
Sun 2008-01-27 00:00 EST
by Werther; "Fascism is a business strategy whose simple, consistent, bludgeoning rationale is, privatize the profits and socialize the losses."
Wed 2007-10-31 00:00 EDT
Thu 2007-09-13 00:00 EDT
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein (edited excerpt; globeandmail.com)Iraqi oil grab; privatized military
