Posts Tagged ‘Dodd-Frank’
Budget; Foreclosure Agreement; Occupy the SEC
(1) Obama’s Budget: Two items worth checking out: veteran Boston-area organizer Mike Prokosch had a great piece on Common Dreams called Starve the Beast–The Pentagon. A nice re-purposing of the tired Reagan-era slogan. The other is a nicely critical piece on the budget in the Financial Times by Jeffrey Sachs, An American budget for the ...Read more.
Dodd-Frank revisited
A headline in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had me wondering whether their proofreader had missed an extra comma: Wall Street, Banks Press to Shape Dodd-Frank Rules The article reports recently disclosed figures on financial industry lobbying. Since the Dodd-Frank law left so much for regulators to spell out, the numbers are not surprising: Wall Street ...Read more.
Still Banking on Fraud (William K. Black)
Bill Black Is Everywhere: We just posted the feature article by Bill Black (aka William K. Black, professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri at Kansas City), from our January/February issue, Still Banking on Fraud. It’s a great read, though depressing. Here’s what one subscriber wrote in to say: Date: Thu, Jan ...Read more.
