in goldman we trust

i have been more nervous, concerned, leery, even peeved, ok, plain steaming with every new financial bailout plan. a couple of paulson plans, now a couple of geithner plans, and i still get the uneasy feeling that the banking/financial sector is becoming ever more important and powerful in this modern world of ours, without [...]

what would keynes do?

a bailout plan was necessary. just not the one we got from the bush administration. too much emphasis was put on protecting some princes of wall street and making others pay – both were mistakes. no key initiative – as the ones gordon brown implemented in the uk – were put in place [...]