Category Archives: No Bank Is Indispensable

The Committee to Defraud the World

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

To say now that ‘No one knew’ or ‘I was mistaken’ or ‘I was just doing as I was told’ is another in a series of lies and deceptions that have supported one of the greatest frauds in the history … Continue reading →

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How Carl Levin Got Goldman Sachs’s Goat

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

Interview by Paul Smalera, senior editorApril 30, 2010: 3:21 PM ET (Fortune) — At Tuesday’s epic Goldman Sachs hearing, Senator Carl Levin of Michigan led a public grilling of Wall Street not seen by a government panel since the Depression-investigating … Continue reading →

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Does It Make Sense to Resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act?

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

In the present system, the more unrestricted the banks are, the more money they can generate “out of thin air,” and the more damage they can inflict upon the wealth-generation process. FULL ARTICLE by Frank Shostak

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What they knew and when they knew it

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

“I have to think this train is probably going to leave the station soon and we need to focus our efforts on explaining the story as best we can. There were too many people involved in the deals — too … Continue reading →

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The Apparatchiks

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Brian Schuettler
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The Big Government Boss isn’t going away

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

“Hindsight is a wonderful thing,” said Timothy W. Long, the chief bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. “At the height of the economic boom, to take an aggressive supervisory approach and tell people to stop … Continue reading →

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Securitization was maddeningly complex. Mandated transparency is the only solution.

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

With so much complexity, and uncertainty about future performance, it is not surprising that the securities are difficult to price and that trading dried up. Without market prices, valuation on the books of banks is suspect and counterparties are reluctant … Continue reading →

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The end of the recession will merely be the start of a long, painful journey, says Edmund Conway.

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

t’s a game of far more than two halves: more tactical than cricket, more stomach-churning than boxing and more complex than bridge. Throughout a magnificent summer of sport, one competition has lasted longer than any other, and generated the most … Continue reading →

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G8 signals the end of the financial crisis, but what caused it?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

The weekend G8 communiqué, coming after four months of stabilisation in most financial markets, seemed to mark the official end of the financial crisis. If so, what lessons should be learnt for economic and financial policies in the months ahead? … Continue reading →

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Citigroup Circling the Wagons

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

It’s starting to look like the spring awakening in bank stocks may not be enough to save the CEOs of America’s biggest troubled banks, Citigroup’s Vikram Pandit and Bank of America’s Ken Lewis. A top banking regulator is agitating for … Continue reading →

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