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On Disrupting Wall Street
Chris has a good point early in his post on the topic: current “disruptive” innovation amounts to nothing more than a new UI for Wall Street – Mint, Square, Paypal, etc. The rest of his post, however, assumes that individuals/groups … Continue reading
Illicit Economy Underpinning Banksters
Wow. Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations’ drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer. Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs … Continue reading
GS Still Has A Seat At the Trough
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner picked a former Goldman Sachs lobbyist as a top aide Tuesday, the same day he announced rules aimed at reducing the role of lobbyists in agency decisions. Mark Patterson will serve as Geithner’s chief of staff … Continue reading
Heritage is Hilarious
Heritage’s James Sherk fulfills his hack duty: Congress should not tax all Americans to bailout the Detroit automakers in order to preserve high earnings for a few. Laughable when they were very pro-Wall Street’s bailout. Apparently there’s no logic over … Continue reading
China’s Growth Accelerating?
Newsweek – Bizarre claim: For some countries, the current economic crisis could actually accelerate the process. For the past two decades, for example, China has grown at approximately 9 percent a year and the United States at 3 percent. For … Continue reading