Roosevelt Archive April 2010

April 2010

• Notes on a ‘Scandal!’

  The Museum of American Finance held its opening reception for the new exhibit “

  April 2010
• The Gift from Borrowers to Banks

  What role are banks to play in society?  The way they are restoring balance sheets raises the question.

  April 2010
• Mark Ames’ Private Equity Source on the Goldman Case

  Mark Ames is a writer the New York Press, The Nation, Alternet and others, founding editor of the satirical

  April 2010
• Notes from a Wall Street Showdown

  The scene Thursday afternoon in lower Manhattan:

  April 2010
• April 30

  “What you need to know to navigate today’s economic debate.”

  April 2010
• E.J. Dionne on Goldman Sachs and FinReg

  Well-known progressive E.J.

  April 2010
• SAFE Banking Act, What it Does in 2D

  Let’s talk about the SAFE Banking Act. First up, what does it do? Well, it caps deposits at 10% of total deposits, non-deposit liabilities at 2% of GDP for banks and 3% of GDP for non-banks.

  April 2010
• Mike Konczal discusses Magnetar on Bloggingheads

  Roosevelt Institute Fellow Michael Konczal discusses the hedge fund Magnetar with Jesse Eisinger of ProPublica.
  

  April 2010
• April 29

  “What you need to know to navigate today’s economic debate.”

  April 2010
• Public Debt and Other Issues

  Henry Liu explains why public debt is not the bogeyman we are led to believe.

  April 2010
• April 28

  “What you need to know to navigate today’s economic debate.”

  April 2010
• The Post Reform Financial Sector: Taxes, Size and Franchise

  So what will the financial sector look like after whatever financial reform bill passes? I want to raise some specific points.

  Taxing

  April 2010
• Raj Date on Resolution Authority, Conservative Arguments on Bailouts

  First up, Raj Date has a new paper out, titled: The Killer G’s: Resolution Authority, Financial

  April 2010
• The Deficit: Nine Myths We Can’t Afford

  Has the federal government run out of money? Will we have to slash Social Security?

  April 2010
• Pope Benedict’s failure in mission-driven organization management

  Shaping the future with today’s choices.

  April 2010
• April 27

  “What you need to know to navigate today’s economic debate.”

  April 2010
• A Story about Tigers: Goldman Sachs/The SEC - Another sign of the end of civilization as we know it? Or just life in the big leagues?

  Shaping the future with today’s choices.

  April 2010
• April 28: ND20 Bloggers Ready to Take On Deficit Hawks at D.C. Counter-Conference
  April 2010
• Spitzer & Black: Questions from the Goldman Scandal

  Spitzer and Black argue that the Goldman revelations underscore the need for serious financial reform.

  April 2010
• April 26

  “What you need to know to navigate today’s economic debate.”

  April 2010
• One Sentence to Sum Up FinReg

  "Financial Reform" boiled down to a single sentence

  April 2010
• Inching Toward FDR: President Obama and the Struggle for Financial Reform

  Roosevelt historian David Woolner shines a light on today’s issues with lessons from the past.

  April 2010
• Konczal on Derivatives Regulation

  Wednesday, April 21, 2010

  Senate takes up derivatives trading

  April 2010
• Klein: Explaining Derivatives
  April 2010
• Letter to Reid, McConnell Gets Attention

  Letter to Reid, McConnell from 36 businessmen
  Three dozen experts warn that financial reform bills are too weak

  updated 7:08 a.m. ET, Thurs., April 22, 2010
  April 14, 2010

  April 2010