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The Oligarchs
talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/13/2009
The Oligarchs
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Simon Johnson, an econ professor at MIT and former IMF economist, started blogging recently at TPMCafe. And David Kurtz interviewed him in today's episode of TPMtv. The argument Johnson makes is one that's been tossed about in a loose aphoristic way in the public debate but seldom gets put in ...

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baselinescenario.com - 2/11/2009
Axelrod And Emanuel Were Right (On The American Bank Oligarchs)
— baselinescenario.com — When you cut through the technical details and the marketing distractions, sorting out the US banking fiasco comes down to one, and only one, question. How tough are you willing to be on the people who control the country’s large banks? One ... (more) Axelrod And Emanuel Were Right (On The American Bank ...

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counterpunch.org - 2/19/2009
Michael Hudson: The Oligarchs' Escape Plan
— counterpunch.org — Inside the New Print Edition of Our Subscriber-Only Newsletter! How the Press Gave Madoff Four More Years to Steal His Billions It s one of the greatest and most shameful failures in the history of journalism. In the new edition of our newsletter ... (more) Michael Hudson: The Oligarchs' Escape Plan

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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/9/2009
Geithner v. The American Oligarchs
— tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — There comes a time in every economic crisis or, more specifically, in every struggle to recover from a crisis, when someone steps up to the podium to promise the policies that - they say - will deliver you back to growth. The person has political ... (more) Geithner v. The American Oligarchs

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Matthew Yglesias — A few items I don’t really have time to blog about but that I basically agree with: Matt Corley on conservatives deluding themselves about the popularity of the stimulus bill. Ross Douthat on “liberaltarians” and “liberaltarians” and “liberaltarians” and “liberaltarians” and Greg Mankiw. Cautionary tales from Japan. Josh Marshall on how we’re doomed. Happy trails. ...

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Ex-IMFer On Geithner's Speech: "This Is Not A Plan"
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/10/2009 — Timothy Geithner's speech laying out the Treasury's plan for bailout 3.0 struck us as devoid of key details that might have settled some of the uncertainty and confusion surrounding the Obama administration's approach. That's how it struck Simon ...
TPMTV Talks to Simon Johnson — Talking Points Memo
As I mentioned earlier in the week, former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson, who now teaches at MIT, brings a slightly different perspective to the U.S. banking crisis, that of someone who has studied and been involved with resolving financial crises in developing nations. From that ...
Your money or your bank — SCSUScholars
Simon Johnson provides this paragraph from a "“research” note from a major international bank" (emphasis in original): One main stumbling block to the purchasing of troubled assets has been pricing, specifically how does the government price a diverse set of assets in a way that does not put ...
International Monetary Fund Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Simon Johnson. — truthout
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Will Obama get tough on banks? — The Swamp
by Frank James Simon Johnson, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist whose Baseline Scenario blog is one of the best-read on economics, asks a key question regarding Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plan to revive the credit markets. Does it adequately crack down on ...
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