Sun 2008-11-23 00:00 EST

Joe Bageant: Sarah Palin is the Future of Conservatism

by Anonymous Political Consultant John Brown; ``In a system, which is entering a period of semi-permanent crisis, to plant oneself or one's party in its political center is to make yourself responsible for a political system which is forever failing, losing legitimacy and eventually its right to rule. In the long run, the future will belong to whichever political force flies the boldest flags, stands credibly far enough from those who will be held accountable for our troubles, and curses the loudest at the coming darkness.''

Conservatism; future; Joe Bageant; Sarah Palin.

Tue 2008-10-07 00:00 EDT

James Grant - Bad Medicine

(Washington Post); ``Low interest rates, easy money and malleable accounting rules are what plunged Wall Street into crisis. Yet it is low interest rates, easy money and malleable accounting rules that top the list of federal fixes''

Bad Medicine; James Grant.

Tue 2008-09-09 00:00 EDT

Joe Bageant: Why Rednecks May Rule the World

``We all understand that there is a political class which dominates in America, and that Sarah Palin for damned sure is not one of them. And the more she is attacked by liberal Democratic elements (translation: elite highly-educated big city people) the more America's working mooks will come to her defence.''

Joe Bageant; rednecks; rules; world.

Mon 2008-08-04 00:00 EDT

Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment

Bagehot's Rule and the Cost of Being "Technically Insolvent"; "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were given open-ended government guarantees through January 2009. This open-endedness is a big mistake, because the potential costs are being as vastly understated as the pre-war estimates of the Iraq invasion."

Hussman Funds; weekly market comments.

Mon 2008-06-09 00:00 EDT

Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment - The Fed's Policy Rule: Regret-Minimax - June 9, 2008

"government spending is a much stronger determinant of persistent inflation trends than money itself."

2008; Fed's Policy Rule; Hussman Funds; June 9; Regret-Minimax; weekly market comments.

Thu 2008-06-05 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: $5 Trillion Hidden Off Bank Balance Sheets

FASB rewrites QSPE rules; qualified special-purpose entities moving onto balance sheets

5 Trillion Hidden; bank balance sheets; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Mon 2008-06-02 00:00 EDT

Calculated Risk: BK Judge Rules Stated Income HELOC Debt Dischargeable

BK Judge Rules Stated Income HELOC Debt Dischargeable; Calculated Risk.

Thu 2008-05-29 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Monoline Death Watch: FASB Imposes Strict Rules On Loss Reserves

FASB Imposes Strict Rules; Losses Reserve; Monoline Death Watch; naked capitalism.

Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT

What is Taylor's rule? (03/1998)

by The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; real short-term interest rates should consider actual inflation relative to Fed target, economic activity relative to "full employment", and short-term rate considered consistent with full employment

03/1998; Taylor's rule.

Thu 2008-05-22 00:00 EDT

Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy by Murray N. Rothbard

(1984); Afterword by Justin Raimondo; portrait of the ruling elite

American foreign policy; bank; Murray N. Rothbard; Wall Street.

Tue 2008-05-13 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Microsoft Still Trying Evade the Rule of Law (EU Antitrust Edtion)

EU Antitrust Edtion; Law; Microsoft; naked capitalism; rules; Trying Evade.

Fri 2008-03-28 00:00 EDT

Capital - WSJ.com

Ten Days That Changed Capitalism, by David Wessel, WSJ.com; "U.S. government discarded a half-century of rules to save American financial capitalism from collapse"

capitalism; com; WSJ.

Thu 2007-11-01 00:00 EDT

blackagendareport.com

- The Handwriting is On the Wall: It's a Clinton-Obama Ticket in 08, by Bruce Dixon; "For Democratic and Republican wings of America's permanent ruling party, the all-important selection which precedes the election isn't about poll numbers, votes or the citizens that cast them. It's about winning the favor of military contractors, the banking and financial sectors and Big Oil. It's about reassuring insurance and pharmaceutical companies, cozying up to agribusiness, the cable and telecom monopolies, allaying the fears of chambers of commerce, and wooing Hollywood."

blackagendareport; com.

Thu 2007-10-18 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Why does fiat money seemingly work ?

by "Trotsky"; money history; inflation "cleverly disguised tax"; currency debasement irresistable to ruling class

fiat money seemingly work; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Fri 2007-09-14 00:00 EDT

Heard on the Street - WSJ.com

Marking Down Wall Street, by David Reilly; mark-to-model, mark-to-make-believe accounting rules

com; Heard; Street; WSJ.

Tue 2007-08-28 00:00 EDT

Federal Reserve allows Citigroup to elude key banking rule - Aug. 24, 2007

Federal Reserve allows Citigroup to elude key banking rule, by Peter Eavis (Fortune) 2007-08-24

2007; 24; Aug; elude key banking rule; Federal Reserve allows Citigroup.