Sat 2008-09-20 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: New Bailout Proposal Costs Estimated at $500 Billion to $1 Trillion
Bogus Asset Regurgitation Facility, or BARF (per Richard Kline)
1 Trillion; 500; naked capitalism; New Bailout Proposal Costs Estimated.
Richard Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog
Tue 2008-09-02 00:00 EDT
EconLog, Freddie Mac: My Chapter, Arnold Kling: Library of Economics and Liberty
``I was "present at the creation" of Freddie Mac's risk management culturethe Foster...Van Order approach to pricing mortgage default risk. That was the approach that [Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron] rejected''
Arnold Kling; Chapter; econlog; economic; Freddie Mac; liberties; libraries.
Wed 2008-06-18 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: Has the Fed Compromised Its Independence? (And Otherwise Messed Up?)
Former Federal Reserve economist Richard Alford opines Fed independence has been compromised; positions on the Board of Governors are to be treated as patronage jobs doled out to party loyalists
Fed Compromised; Independent; naked capitalism; Otherwise Messed.
Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT
The Institutional Risk Analyst: Fed Risk: Interview with Richard Alford
Fed Risk: Interview with Dick Alford; Institutional Risk Analytics; former fed economist Richard Alford argues Fed misread inflation for deflation, Fed fighting the wrong battles; "US population is not ready to hear that their real levels of income, assets prices and other indicia of national well being may be falling or relatively stagnant for the foreseeable future."
Fed Risks; Institutional Risk Analyst; interview; Richard Alford.
Wed 2008-05-14 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: Wolf, Becker, and Posner on Oil (With a Shocker From Posner)
Richard Posner suggests "heavy taxes on oil or (better) carbon emissions"; lack of political will imples "democratic failure" to address long-term problems
Fri 2008-04-18 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: A Possible Approach to the Mortgage Mess
Sun 2008-03-23 00:00 EDT
Bear Stearns to axe 8,000 staff | Business | The Observer
Bear Stearns to axe 8,000 staff, by Richard Wachman | Business | The Observer
Mon 2008-01-07 00:00 EST
A Republic, If You Can Keep It - National Constitution Center
A Republic, If You Can Keep It, by Richard Beeman, National Constitution Center; Benjamin Franklin
Mon 2007-10-08 00:00 EDT
Inflation Measurement and Price Volatility - Richard Fisher Speeches - News & Events - FRB Dallas
Inflation Measurement and Price Volatility, by Federal Reserve banker Richard Fisher; FRB Dallas; understating inflation
events; FRB Dallas; Inflation measure; news; Price Volatility; Richard Fisher Speeches.