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  If you’re wondering where these ridiculous, hare-brained comments are coming from, then watch this video and listen to Rick Santelli speak about predatory lending. The only one who acquits herself in this segment is Janet…

This is the first in a series of posts about ideas for financial reform generated by the “Make Markets Be Markets” conference I attended yesterday in New York City on 3 Mar 2010. We heard presentations from speakers like Simon Johnson,…

Tomorrow morning I will be at a conference on financial reform hosted by the Roosevelt Institute in New York City.  As far as bloggers go, I know that Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism and Mike Konczal of Rorty Bomb will also be there. So…

Below is a partial list of January 2010 FDIC enforcement decisions and orders. I have only included cease-and-desist orders, prompt corrective action notices and termination of insurance orders as these are the signs of banking system…

The latest dust-up involving Goldman Sachs involves Build America Bonds. The New York Times reports: Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa has asked Goldman Sachs to clarify how much it has collected in underwriting fees as states and…

If you didn't know, new credit card rules just came into effect. Jon Stewart has a pretty funny take on the industry. Make it rain, Bank of America, make it rain (credit card fees, that is)! Also see Learn How Canceling Credit Cards…

How Paul Krugman found politics : The New Yorker Morgan Stanley – Richard Berner – We Can't Inflate Our Way Out Recession hits older blacks in what should be their prime | McClatchy Greece should try a fiscal devaluation, not…

Marshall Auerback here with a post which I originally co-wrote at New Deal 2.0 with Randall Wray. In recent weeks, there has been much discussion about what to do about Greece. These questions become all the more relevant as the country…

In the wake of the most recent Matt Taibbi polemic “Wall Street's Bailout Hustle,” I think the video below about financial fraud is appropriate viewing. I liked the Taibbi piece - although it certainly had a certain over-the-top gonzo feel…

Marshall Auerback warns that unchecked speculation and fraud are threatening the European Monetary Union. Marshall Auerback here with a post which I originally published at New Deal 2.0 Surprise, surprise: Wall Street tactics akin to the…