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Part 1 below is background and analysis   Part 2 is where Hendry and Stiglitz talk bailout with the Spanish Ambassador to the UK. Sparks do fly.

This is how Stephen Roach describes the economy despite the largest monetary and stimulus in global history. Below is a TV interview Roach recently did on CNBC TV-18 as a video in two parts with the linked transcript at the bottom. …

This past Monday I was on the BBC talking about the recently unveiled Fiscal Year 2011 Budget proposed by the Obama Administration for the U.S. Federal Government.  The budget is, as with most things Obama, a tightrope walk between the…

For your amusement as well as your understanding of critical banking and finance reform issues. The funny thing about Colbert and Jon Stewart, his partner in crime at Comedy Central, is that they have a certain bread and circus appeal to…

Below is a Jim Chanos video on China now making the rounds in the financial blogosphere.  Chanos says that most financial bubbles are the result of excess credit creation and believes that is exactly what we are witnessing in…

Finance and Economy Obama Added a New Twist to Financial Reform Talk - NYTimes.com immobilienblasen: BBVA Credit Quality Reality Check.....Spain & Portugal NPA Almost Double To 5.1 Percent Bail-in roundtable: Author Q&A…

Jim Chanos was on CNBC talking about, amongst other things, China.  And while he is bearish on China, the quote that jumped out at me was the one in the title. He is bearish on China because of an unprecedented credit-induced bubble…

Here is more of Marc Faber, this time with Stephen Roach joining from Asia. Faber starts things off by making a point I have made many times in the past, namely that the Federal Reserve’s easy money policy is asymmetric; they are quick to…

My favorite economic entertainer is back with his usual over-the-top semi-apocalyptic comments about government officials, the U.S. and more.  Here are a few choice quotes from Dr. Doom followed by the full videos of his session on…

The video is pretty all-encompassing and runs just under 30 minutes. Buffett is down on Kraft-Cadbury, raising rates and the bank tax. He is up on Wells Fargo. That sums it up pretty well.     Quotes On Wells:…