Monthly Archives: June 2009

Did Greenspan “Blow” It?

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Click here to read Stephanie Kelton’s presentation at the UMKC Carolyn Benton Cockefair. She discussed the current financial crisis and the prospects for recovery offered by the government stimulus plan, bailout packages and regulatory initiatives.

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Posted in Monetary policy, Uncategorized

Tagged deregulation, Federal Reserve, Financial system, Monetary policy

Fixing the Financial Crisis

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James K. Galbraith, University of Texas economics professor, offers his insight.

http://plus.cnbc.com/rssvideosearch/action/player/id/1059571818/code/cnbcplayershare

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Posted in Regulation, Uncategorized

Tagged Control Fraud, Financial crisis, Financial innovation, Leverage, regulation, Securitization, Subprime mortgage crisis

A ‘people first’ strategy

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Click here to read James K. Galbraith’s piece on the Guardian.

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Posted in Policy and Reform, Uncategorized, Unemployment

Tagged A Minskian New Deal, Policy and Reform, unemployment

Big, Bigger, and Too Big

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Click here to to read James K. Galbraith’s piece on The Deal Magazine.

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Posted in Policy and Reform, Uncategorized

Tagged Credit crunch, Federal Reserve, Financial crisis, Financial innovation, Financial system, Leverage, Obama's recovery plan, Policy and Reform, Subprime mortgage crisis

The Guy Has a Track Record of Failure Everywhere He’s Gone

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Click here to read William K. Black’s piece on Geithner: “The Guy Has a Track Record of Failure Everywhere He’s Gone”

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Posted in William K. Black

Tagged Control Fraud, deregulation, Obama's recovery plan, Paulson/Geithner Plans

Alternative Stimulus and Bailout Proposals

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Click here to listen to the audio of session 6 of the 18th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the U.S. and World Economies. The order of the session is as follows:

Click here to see “No Return to Normal”, by James K. Galbraith, The Levy Economics Institute and University of Texas at Austin

Click here to see“Alternative Proposals for a U.S. Nonconvertible Currency Regime”, Warren Mosler, Valance Company, Inc.

Click here to see“Riding the Debt Deflation Guardrails”, Robert W. Parenteau, The Levy Economics Institute and MacroStrategy Edge

Click here to see“The Return of Big Government: A Minskyan New Deal”, L. Randall Wray, The Levy Economics Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City