Our financial system is crumbling this week.
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Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
"A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking real money, Mr. Pandit."
I've starting watching more of these. It's fascinating.
lol - "so you assume 100% of the upside and the gov't gets 90% of the downside. Have you heard of the term 'heads I win, tails you lose'?"
I've starting watching more of these. It's fascinating.
lol - "so you assume 100% of the upside and the gov't gets 90% of the downside. Have you heard of the term 'heads I win, tails you lose'?"
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Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
I've found the solution to our economic woes.
Every day, a major US Corporation must file for bankruptcy and become 60% publicly owned.
Every day, a major US Corporation must file for bankruptcy and become 60% publicly owned.
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Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.

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Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America is getting destroyed at the government hearing on the purchase of Merrill Lynch.
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Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
All these CEO smackdowns are running together for me.AdmiralKird wrote:Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America is getting destroyed at the government hearing on the purchase of Merrill Lynch.
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Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
on the verge of a bull run??
This article is confusing - on the verge of a bull run? - the markets been up over 10% this year in spite of awful unemployment-what more can we expect? I get concerned when when I read about the inflated stock market and the dow/nasdaq going thru the roof when nothing of substance has fundamentally changed.
This article is confusing - on the verge of a bull run? - the markets been up over 10% this year in spite of awful unemployment-what more can we expect? I get concerned when when I read about the inflated stock market and the dow/nasdaq going thru the roof when nothing of substance has fundamentally changed.
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your concern is not misguided. neither krugman, stiglitz or reich see much to be happy about. the pumped up market works well in trying to sell a recovery but unemployment will continue to drag for awhile. when the conservative media tried to hype bush's economy earlier in the decade based on a bull market i laughed. it was built on massive bubbles...nothing sustainable. the housing bubble, the oil bubble...they were all shams. wages never kept up w/ inflation and the disparity between the wealthy and everyone else was growing at a rate not seen since ronnie reagan became the first president that blatantly destroyed the middle class.Freed Roger wrote:on the verge of a bull run??
This article is confusing - on the verge of a bull run? - the markets been up over 10% this year in spite of awful unemployment-what more can we expect? I get concerned when when I read about the inflated stock market and the dow/nasdaq going thru the roof when nothing of substance has fundamentally changed.
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