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The Quiet Coup :: Simon Johnson
The Quiet Coup The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. One of the most alarming, says a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is that the finance industry has effectively captured our government—a state of affairs that more typically describes emerging markets, and is at the center of […]
MoreMatt Taibbi: The Big Takeover – Rolling Stone Magazine
The global economic crisis isn’t about money – it’s about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution ROLLING STONE | March 19, 2009 The Big Takeover- Matt Taibbi It’s over — we’re officially, royally fucked. No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as […]
MoreDylan Ratigan is Out at CNBC’s Fast Money
Tully March 30, 2009 Guy Adami just said : “Wait, Wait, Let’s Officially welcome Melissa to the center chair…” (unofficial transcript) Media outlets have been reporting for the past few days that Dylan Ratigan’s March 31 contract would not be renewed. As Broadcatching mentioned earlier , we met Mr. Ratigan last fall outside NASDAQ HQ […]
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