The Breakup of Ma Bell
Ten years into the 20th century, the United States citizenry were still enjoying the afterglow of a remarkable generation of economic growth, innovation,...
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Finance Reform
With a congressional battle brewing over what is being touted as the biggest attempt...
Jobs Up, Unemployment Rate Up
The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics announced good and bad economic news on...
Senate Financial Reform Bill: More Bailouts & Fed Power
Senate Democrats beat back a Republican alternative amendment to Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd's Restoring...
CEI Files Complaint Against Deceptive GM Ad
The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on May...
Newspaper Circulation Continues Decline
Newspapers are dying. That is the message from the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations,...
Global Bank Tax Will Be Subject of June G-20 Summit
The International Monetary Fund proposed a draft of two global taxes — a bank...
“Orderly Liquidation” Awaits Financial Firms
Some of the opponents of the recently enacted health care legislation may have been...
Govt Turns on Goldman Sachs, One of Its Kept Financials
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit April 16 against New York-based investment...
Fed Ends MBS Intervention
The Federal Reserve ended its largest intervention in the housing market on April 1,...
Real Unemployment Still in 17 Percent Range
According to the U.S. Labor Department, the economy added 162,000 jobs in March, the...
Geithner: Jobless Rate to Stay “Unacceptably High”
Voice of America on April 1 quoted U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s statement that...
Housing: Washington Only Delaying Inevitable
Friday’s announcement of more intervention in the housing mortgage market will result in a...
Fed Loses Secrecy Suit, Considering Options
The Federal Reserve lost an appeal March 19 in a bid to keep hidden...
Social Security Trust Fund in Red, Drawing on Federal IOUs
The March 15 Associated Press story was blunt: "For more than two decades, Social...
Lehman Bros.: Pinprick That Burst the Bubble
The culprits blamed for the failure of Lehman Brothers in September of 2008 included...
Bailout Baloney — Insurance
On Wednesday, February 10, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed confidence that every cent...
Sluggish Spending and the Non-Recovery
Coming in the immediate aftermath of news that the sale of new homes dropped...
Home Sales Drop to 50-Year Low
There are further signs that Barrack Obama’s jobless “recovery” is, in fact, no recovery...
Bailout Baloney – Banking
More than a year has elapsed since the U.S. economy went into a tailspin...