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Editorials Investors.com 4/25/2014 Subprime Scandal: Newly released memos from the Clinton presidential library reveal evidence the government had a big hand in the housing crisis. The worst actors were in the White House, not on Wall Street. During the 1990s, former Clinton aides bragged that more aggressive enforcement of the Community Reinvestment Act pressured banks […] April 27th, 2014 | Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Blacks, Community Reinvestment Act, Glass-Steagall Act, Hispanics, housing bubble, President Bill Clinton, Robert Rubin, subprime banking crisis | Category: ACORN, banking regulations, Fannie Mae, federal regulations, Freddie Mac, Housing and Urban Development, Media accountability, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
Tyler Durden Zero Hedge 7/5/2013 Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, We are about to reap the consequences of tolerating the perfection of the Savior State / cartel-crony capitalism’s neofeudal debtocracy. We as a nation had an unparalleled, historic opportunity to set things right in the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown. Alas, we […] July 5th, 2013 | Tags: Bond bubble, crony capitalism, housing bubble, Keynesian, national debt, tech bubble, Wall Street | Category: Banking and finance, Federal Reserve, Federal spending, Government programs | Comments are closed
‘Markets Under The Spell Of Monetary Easing’ Bank Of International Settlements Finds… Same As ‘Then’…[Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are] adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing…
Tyler Durden Zero Hedge 6/2/2013 Then…. Ben Bernanke 7/1/2005, CNBC interview: INTERVIEWER: Tell me, what is the worst-case scenario? We have so many economists coming on our air saying ‘Oh, this is a bubble, and it’s going […] June 3rd, 2013 | Tags: Ben Bernanke, Federal Advisory Council and the Board of Governors, financial crisis, housing bubble, Inflation, monetary policy, quantitative easing, subprime banking crisis | Category: Banking and finance, Congress, Economy, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, TARP | Comments are closed
Conn Corroll The Washington Examiner 3/16/2013 Over a decade ago in 2001, the Federal Reserve planted the seeds of the 2008 financial crisis by lowering its target for the federal funds rate from 6.25 percent to 1.75 percent. Since this interest rate is a benchmark number used throughout financial markets, many first-time homebuyers were able […] March 17th, 2013 | Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, Ben Bernanke, derivatives, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, feudalism, housing bubble, investors, Janet Yellen, JP Morgan Chase, quantitative easing, real estate, Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. John McCain | Category: "Stimulus" program, Banking and finance, banking regulations, Congress, corruption, Department of Justice, Economy, Federal Reserve | Comments are closed
Orin Kerr The Volokh Conspiracy 2/4/2013 The New York Times Dealbook blog has news of an important new case likely to be filed soon: The Justice Department, along with state prosecutors, plans to file civil charges against Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, accusing the firm of fraudulently rating mortgage bonds that led to the financial […] February 6th, 2013 | Tags: housing bubble, McGraw-Hill Company, mortgage bonds, Rep. Barney Frank, Standard & Poor (S&P), subprime crisis | Category: Department of Justice, Video | Comments are closed
Avoid the Fiscal Cliff – Economic Freedom Speech Pierre Poilievre MP YouTube 4/18/2012 _ _ H/T Nick Frost, Tea Party Command Center December 27th, 2012 | Tags: freedom, housing bubble, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Steyn, Pierre Poilievre MP, sovereign debt | Category: Canada, China, Economy, Entitlements, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Socialism, Taxes, United States, Video | Comments are closed
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