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Financial news links for 3 January 2012. I posted this first link on twitter yesterday afternoon and it got a ton of retweets. I have seen a lot of people link out to it. Bottom line: the concept that bankruptcy is part and parcel of…

William Cohan told Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle that he believes 'psychopaths" at the helm of major financial institutions were responsible for the credit crisis.

Over the holidays, a debate broke out in the blogosphere about the so-called job guarantee idea that the MMT folks have bandied about. I call this controversial idea "Unemployment Insurance for the 21st Century", something I first addressed…

Investment advisor John Mauldin explains his attitude towards austerity measures; a return of the gold standard; the euro crisis; and the willingness to bailout everyone that makes capitalism and monetary systems stop working.

The downfall of MF Global has exposed yet another patch of the underbelly of the brokerage industry. Practices that are routine and legal – and hitherto largely unknown to most investors – can leave a company vulnerable when abused.

More News Links for 13 December 2011 including a report of Verizon chasing Netflix, Google building a siri competitor and a potential mobile driving ban.

Congress should immediately call Chairman Bernanke in for testimony on the veracity of the Fed’s response to the Bloomberg report. It should demand a comprehensive accounting for all the Fed’s commitments, by institution that benefitted.…

Bill Black was on Capital Account talking to Lauren Lyster about MF Global. As usual, Capital Account delves deep into the real issues. Black never disappoints. Video below

Debt and Democracy: Has the Link been Broken?

News links for 3 December 2011