Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Top Secret Credit Crisis Bailouts / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
Interesting stories are stacking up again so it's time for some economic potpourri starting with secret dealings by the Fed. Fed Refuses to Release Bank Lending Data, Insists on Secrecy The Fed refused yesterday to disclose the names of the borrowers and the loans, alleging that it would cast “a stigma” on recipients of more than $1.9 trillion of emergency credit from U.S. taxpayers and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
The Other Looming $7 Trillion Financial Crisis: Social Security / Politics / US Economy
By: Money_and_Markets
Nilus Mattive writes: My new retirement report just went to press yesterday, so the material is fresh in my mind. And while I can't share the contents with you here in Money and Markets , there is one topic in that report that I want to talk about today. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
The Great American Pump And Dump Fraud / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: David_Haas
Here is a useful definition straight from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) web page which describes several different types of scams investors need to be wary of. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Stop The Seller Funded Down Payment Assistance (SFDPA) Scam / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
Aaron Krowne at Implode-O-Meter has asked me to help stop the Seller Funded Down Payment Assistance (SFDPA) scam.Barry Ritholtz at the Big Picture, Dr. Housing Bubble, Patrick.Net, Blown Mortgage and the Mess That Greenspan Made have already written about this scam, so I am risking the dreaded "piling on" penalty but here goes.
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Financial Crisis Big Picture: What has the Government Response Been? / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Rudy_Avizius
In the first part of this article we examined how we got ourselves into this economic mess and how our “leaders” and “experts” missed so many warning signs. In this second of 3 parts we will examine what the government response has been. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Recession Politics of the Big Lie of "Shared Sacrifice" / Politics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Submissions
It's everywhere you look and in every speech you listen to. Every time a politician or businessmen talks about the recession, an almost in-synch, repetitive mantra can be heard: “Shared sacrifice, equality of sacrifice, hard choices.” Oh my.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Systemic Failure of Capitalism and the Collapse of the Real Economy / Politics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Stephen_Lendman
After the 1929 October 24, 28 and 29 market crash, the weekly entertainment industry magazine Variety (on October 30) published its most famous ever headline: "Wall Street Lays an Egg." In October 2008, history repeated, and since the October 2007 peak, equity prices plunged over 50% after the Dow and S & P (in February) posted their second worst ever monthly percentage declines - topped only in 1933 during the depths of the Great Depression. So far, the current market drop matches its 1929 - 1932 pace, and like then, shows no signs of abating. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Financial Crisis Big Picture: How Did We Get Here? / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Rudy_Avizius
As the environmental, financial, and economic situation continues to deteriorate around us, we need to step back and take a look at the big picture. We need to see how we ended up in this economic mess, what the government response has been, and what we can do to climb out of this hole that we have collectively dug ourselves into. We are starting to see that our perceived prosperity has really been an illusion and was totally unsustainable. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 02, 2009
Is Government Stimulus Spending the Answer? / Politics / Economic Stimulus
By: Dr_Ron_Paul
This week, Congress and the administration once again showed their lack of economic understanding, as they ramped up spending to record levels. On the surface, maybe it does look to some like the economic crisis is a liquidity problem, that the economy is in trouble because money is not changing hands at the pace it once did in the boom years. They believe that to get back to a booming economy money needs to start changing hands again - and the quickest way to do this is for the federal government to massively expand spending to pump new money into the system. If this is the extent of their understanding, no wonder they call for spending, taxing, bailouts and inflation.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 02, 2009
Financial Crisis Conspiracy Theory / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Submissions
Peter Chamberlain writes: Sermon From The Corporate Church - Hurricane winds pound at the gates of Fortress America and our leaders send out the order for more straw and sand to pound into the widening cracks. The harder the winds of change blow the more apparent it becomes that our “leaders” cannot lead, when they themselves await orders from above. As our house of cards flies apart at the seams, the master planners send their minions scrambling to salvage their disintegrating investments, worrying only about their “property,” caring less about the human life that is huddled in fear within. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 02, 2009
President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget / Politics / US Debt
By: Richard_C_Cook
“The Last Picture Show” was a 1971 film depicting the decay of small town America. It took place in the fictitious town of Anarene, Texas. We hear a distant tune reminiscent of America’s high and lonely places and the sound of a dry wind blowing. It’s March 2010 in the tiny West Texas town of Anarene. Nothing much happens here any more. The last business shut down a couple of years ago. It was a cement plant that went broke after the housing bubble burst and the banks stopped lending. The kids out of high school drive their jalopies from one end of Main Street to the other past boarded-up storefronts. Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Credit Crisis Solution: Social Credit / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Christopher_Quigley
"Banking and credit are too important a business
for citizens and politicians to be ignorant of. Upon its fair and
equitable administration rests the very existence and future of our society".Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, February 27, 2009
America's Two Party Political System / Politics / US Politics
By: Submissions
David Michael Green writes: The Republican party in America faces two grave problems today. One is Barack Obama, probably the most skilled and era-appropriate politician in a generation or more. And that, after he's already through all of one whole month in office. The other problem threatening the very life of the Republican Party today is the Republican Party.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, February 27, 2009
Obamanomics Will Destroy What's Left of the U.S. Economy / Politics / Economic Stimulus
By: Peter_Schiff
In his first televised speech before Congress, President Obama asserted that prosperity will return once the government restores the flow of credit in the economy. It may come as a surprise to him, but an economy cannot run on consumer loans. Furthermore, credit stopped flowing in the U.S. for a very good reason: there was no more savings left to loan. Government efforts to simply make credit available, without rebuilding productive capacity or increasing savings, are doomed to destroy what's left of our economy.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, February 27, 2009
Global Investors' Bill Of Rights May Prevent Economic Déjà Vu / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Steve_Selengut
The purpose of IBOR is to protect financial markets and to create self-sufficient investors who produce economic growth instead of government deficits. IBOR standards create transparent financial markets, regulate speculation, and protect retirement portfolios. Here's a Summary:Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, February 27, 2009
Criminal Banks and Brokers Continue To Ply Their Trade... / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Richard_J_Greene
Stealing From You and Me As the Public Carries On Its Belief in Fantasies - What ever would possess intelligent professionals such as those running the finances of major financial institutions to leverage their equity 88 to one in the case of Citigroup and 134 to one in the case of Bank of America? JP Morgan's credit exposure to financial derivatives, (financial weapons of mass destruction) at last glance exceeded 400 to 1! Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, February 27, 2009
Obama's $3.6 Trillion Budget Continues Bush Doctrine of Bankrupting America / Politics / US Debt
By: Mike_Shedlock
Dear Mr. President, I read your New Era $3.6 Trillion Budget Proposal . I also listened to your speech Tuesday night. You made a great campaign speech. However, the campaign is over. You won. And the reason you won is you offered hope as well as a promise of change.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Flaws in Obama's Economic Stimulus and Banking System Rescue Plan / Politics / Economic Stimulus
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the joint session of Congress late Tuesday was a beautiful performance. His language was exquisite, his delivery was superb, his rhetoric - at times - truly uplifting. It no doubt reflects a fault in my makeup that I found it not entirely convincing - but then I'm a math major and a former banker. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Bernanke Burns More Tax Payer Billions in Banks Capital Assistance Program / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock
Bernanke has fired yet another misguided missile to stabilize the banking system. His new program is called the Capital Assistance Program and supposedly it will restore confidence in banks and get them to lend. Here is a description of the program: Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Why the U.S. Economy is Designed to Fail / Politics / US Economy
By: Richard_C_Cook
President Barack Obama showed a great deal of gumption in standing before Congress last night delivering his first speech to the joint assembly. All the trappings of power were on display as members of the House and Senate, the Supreme Court, the Joint Chiefs, the Cabinet, and the VIP guests hugged and waved at each other, radiant in their tailored attire only two nights after the Hollywood stars put on their own show on Oscar night.Read full article... Read full article...
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