‘Reforming Global Finance’
UK considers single powerful corporate governance watchdog
July 26th, 2010 RI News Flash: › UK considers single powerful corporate governance watchdog Click here to read the newsletter.
Banking Under the Dodd-Frank Act from The Baseline Scenario
Banking Under the Dodd-Frank Act Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:33 AM PDT By Simon Johnson President Obama’s signing of the financial reform bill yesterday does not end our intense debates over banking – rather it just moves them to a new sphere. Instead of arguing about legislation, the next arena is the action (and perhaps inaction) of [...]
The Trouble with Tim’s Treasury
The Trouble with Tim's Treasury Crossposted from New Deal 2.0 By Marshall Auerback, Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, and a market analyst and commentator. FinReg may fall short if power is channeled into Geithner’s hands. More depressing news from the “change” President. The Washington Post has reported that one of the [...]
Naked Capitalism: The Summer(s) of Our Discontent
The Summer(s) of Our Discontent Crossposted from New Deal 2.0 Another volley from Marshall Auerback, Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, and a market analyst and commentator. Larry Summers’s misguided approach to deficits and surpluses could strangle our long-term vitality. Virtually every profile on Larry Summers tells us that [...]
Japan: The rising wave of investor-corporate engagement
July 21st, 2010 RI News Alert: Theme of the Month The rising wave of investor/corporate engagement in Japan Click here to read the newsletter.
How Brokers Became Bookies: The Insidious Transformation of Markets into Casinos
HOW BROKERS BECAME BOOKIES: THE INSIDIOUS TRANSFORMATION OF MARKETS INTO CASINOS Ellen Brown July 12, 2010 www.webofdebt.com/articles "You all are the house, you're the bookie. are booking their bets with you. I don't know why we need to dress it up. It's a bet." ¾ Senator Claire McCaskill, Senate Subcommittee investigating Goldman [...]
The Kanjorski Surprise – Now It Gets Interesting
Thanks to Simon Johnson for focusing on this. - Editor http://baselinescenario.com/2010/07/09/the-kanjorski-surprise-%e2%80%93-now-it-gets-interesting/
The Rationale for State-Owned Banks
The Rationale for State-Owned Banks http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion/41-41/2398-the-rationale-for-state-owned-banks
The Chinese Aren’t Coming
Good News for Reducing Budget Deficits Globally! - Hazel Henderson, Ed. "Other News" is a personal initiative seeking to provide information that should be in the media but is not, because of commercial criteria. It welcomes contributions from everybody. Work areas include information on global issues, north-south relations, governance of [...]
Ethical Markets Media Superts FTT
By Hazel Henderson, June 2010 Today, over 60% of all trading on Wall Street exchanges is done by computers - all programmed to compete to get the fastest execution of their trades at the best price. Each trade generates a commission so the most trades make the most money. The latest "innovation" is "high-frequency" or "flash" trading, where [...]
