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Simon Johnson and other experts on the capital shortfall and banking crisis in the U.S.
04/15/2010
Johnson points to irreversible damage from the lack of aggressive action with the large banks from the Obama administration. Johnson pointed to the problems with too big to fail banks. now he and Peter Boone give a lucid explanation on the big picture facing America in relation to the task of aggressive action to resolve the banking problem.
Grouped Articles
Weâre All Still Hostages to the Big Banks
New York Times 08/25/2013
Irreversible Damage: Why Little Action on Banking Can Do Great Harm.
New York Times 04/30/2010
New Life for 'the Volcker Rule'
Wall Street Journal 05/01/2010
BusinessWeek 04/15/2010
Jamie Dimon: Americaâs Least-Hated Banker
New York Times 12/01/2010
After the reforms: Safer, but not yet safe enough
Economist 05/21/2011
U.S. politics and Toyota
02/19/2010
Efforts in Congress and in the government that favor domestic makers at a time of Toyota recalls.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 02/19/2010
Toyota Gets on Trump’s Good Side With $1.6 Billion U.S. Factory
WSJ 08/04/2017
The U.S. investigations into Toyota brake and acceleration failures.
02/05/2010
The controversy after the recalls.
Grouped Articles
Toyota and the Curse of Software
Wall Street Journal 02/05/2010
U.S. to Investigate Prius Brakes
Wall Street Journal 02/05/2010
Regulators Hired by Toyota Helped Halt Investigations (Update3)
BusinessWeek 02/12/2010
Wall Street Journal 02/17/2010
U.S. Wants to Know When Toyota Knew of Problems
New York Times 02/17/2010
Toyota Woes Put Focus on Black Box
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2010
Attorneys General Coakley, Cordray, Madigan, and legal action against large U.S. financial institutions.
01/20/2010
Lawsuits by states against U.S. banks on behalf of homeowners with mortgages and others who suffered losses.
Grouped Articles
Vote Ushers In New Era in Oversight of Lending Practices
New York Times 07/16/2013
J.P. Morgan Reaches $4.5 Billion Settlement With Investors
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2013
Ohio Attorney General Takes Strong Stand on Crisis
New York Times 10/11/2010
State Attorneys General Take Helm in Mortgage Mess
New York Times 10/29/2010
How the Banks Put the Economy Underwater
New York Times 10/30/2010
Bank Challenger Picked to Run Consumer Agency
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
U.S. Regional Economies- California.
01/14/2010
Grouped Articles
The economic performance of cities: Following the sun
Economist 05/16/2013
New York Times 01/14/2010
Economy Faces a Long Road to Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/11/2010
Can Jerry Brown Cut California Down to Size?
BusinessWeek 06/02/2010
California Is Stuck in 1st Gear
Wall Street Journal 06/08/2010
California's Building Bust Choking Off Jobs
Wall Street Journal 07/29/2010
The performance of socially conscious economies of Europe and the U.S. economy compared.
01/11/2010
Why Europe compares favorably with the US economy in areas like unemployment when looking at the 24-54 working age group, technology adoption, economic growth when you factor out population growth in the USA, and with higher taxes offset by social benefits for large segments of society.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 04/13/2013
More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2014
Growth isn’t enough to help the middle class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/14/2013
New York Times 01/11/2010
New York Times 02/09/2010
Comparative Advantage and American Jobs
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2011
U.S.-Japanese relations.
01/07/2010
Relations between the United States and Japan as the Hatoyama administration takes a more independent approach to Japanese-American relations.
Grouped Articles
Japanâs Premier Will Quit as Approval Plummets
New York Times 06/01/2010
Seoul Scores Victory in Textbook War Against Japan in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
An Ohio Church Puts the Yarn in Japan's 'Yarn Alive' Club
Wall Street Journal 03/04/2012
Japanese Elderly Knit a Safety Net
Wall Street Journal 03/05/2012
Obama Juggles Itinerary in Bid to Ease Tensions Between Two Asian Allies
New York Times 03/24/2014
U.S. Regional Economies- Washington D.C, Maryland, Virgina.
01/04/2010
Grouped Articles
Jobless Rate Up in Most States
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2013
Baltimore Riots Are Another Scar on a City Long Battered by Neglect
New York Times 04/28/2015
Top Washington business stories of 2009
Washington Post 01/04/2010
For 2010 economy, glass is half empty and half full
Washington Post 01/04/2010
Fiscal Woes Deepening for Cities, Report Says
New York Times 10/06/2010
Recession-bruised states' revenue sank 30 percent in 2009, Census Bureau reports
Washington Post 01/05/2011
2010 U.S. car sales.
01/04/2010
Grouped Articles
Late Surge in Car Sales Raises Hopes for 2010
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2010
U.S. Regional Economies- Detroit, Michigan
01/03/2010
Grouped Articles
Dan Gilbert’s Quest to Remake Downtown Detroit
New York Times 04/13/2013
Last Car Plant Brings Detroit Hope and Cash
New York Times 07/15/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/19/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2013
Pension Pinch Busts City Budgets
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2013
Washington Post 12/04/2013
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
01/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Leon Panetta - The CIA is proud to be on the front lines against al-Qaeda
Washington Post 01/10/2010
Mr. Insider Will Guide Petraeus at the CIA
Wall Street Journal 08/26/2011
C.I.A. Takes On Bigger and Riskier Role on Front Lines
New York Times 01/01/2010
U.S. and China- Trade Wars.
12/30/2009
American action against products from China that are dumped on the U.S. market. The unervalued Chinese currency and subsidized exports.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
Economist 03/31/2010
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/2010
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town's Story
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2013
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2010
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
The state attorneys general in the U.S. and the subprime lending and foreclosure crises and mortgage settlements.
12/08/2009
Federal regulators and the Bush and Obama administrations failed miserably to help homeowners achieve loan modifications. This with the false belief that putting homeowners out of their homes would actually speed up a recovery, considering the huge scale of foreclosures in the USA , the high unemployment and other problems hitting the economy. Feldstein's consistent arguments for homeowner relief throughout 2008 and 2009- considering the large number of homeowners under water- as the mortgage crisis unfolded, were ignored by the Bush and Obama administrations. See the comparisons to Japan's lost decade, as the lack of recovery in housing adds to problems with job losses. The lawsuits, legal action and mortgage settlements facing banks as they make their way through the mortgage mess.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/2010
Banks Keep their Mortgage Litigation Reserves a Secret
New York Times 01/16/2014
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/2014
BP’s Cuts May Wound Portfolio Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/04/2015
U.S. grain exports.
03/31/2010
Grouped Articles
Economist 03/31/10
Those Amber Waves Are Fueling Exports
BusinessWeek 10/21/10
Wall Street Goes Down on the Farm for Real Dirt
Wall Street Journal 08/26/11
Wall Street Journal 08/10/12
Drought Forces Reductions in U.S. Crop Forecasts
New York Times 08/10/12
Prices Surge as Drought Stunts Corn Crop
Wall Street Journal 08/12/12
A new Industrial Policy for the U.S. after 2010 and the Economic Crisis.
02/08/2010
Hofmeister and others call for a new Industrial Policy for the USA.
Grouped Articles
How to Fix the Economy: An Expert Panel
BusinessWeek 09/16/10
The U.S. Needs an Industrial Policy
Wall Street Journal 02/08/10
New York Times 10/10/10
The U.S. Economy: Stuck in Neutral
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
Washington Post 09/06/11
Stimulus and the Depression: The Untold Story
Wall Street Journal 09/26/11
David Stockman, Reagan's Budget Director prodigy, on bank behaviour and solutions to the banking and economic crisis.
01/20/2010
Stockman takes on the banks as instruments of the impoverishment of the U.S. economy and of the American middle class. He derides the loose monetary policy of the Fed, that has encouraged insane and socially unproductive behaviours of the American banks.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/18/13
New York Times 07/21/11
Taxing Wall Street Down to Size
New York Times 01/20/10
Four Deformations of the Apocalypse
New York Times 07/31/10
Tom Keene Talks with David Stockman
BusinessWeek 08/12/10
Opinions Are Split on Fed Policy Move
Wall Street Journal 11/01/10
The U.S. Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
01/14/2010
Phil Angelides, California state Treasurer, heads the commission. The commission will attempt to get at the roots of the financial crisis, keep the public informed about why this happened, and bring those who violated laws to the attention of the nation's law enforcement agencies.
Grouped Articles
Panel Told of F.B.I. Efforts to Fight Financial Crime
New York Times 01/15/10
Wall St. Ethos Under Scrutiny at Hearing
New York Times 01/14/10
Few Burns for Four Bankers on the Hot Seat
New York Times 01/14/10
Voices That Dominate Wall Street Take a Meeker Tone on Capitol Hill
New York Times 01/14/10
Financial Inquiry Widens to Include Past Regulators
Wall Street Journal 01/14/10
New York Times 01/15/10
China's car market 2010-2015
01/12/2010
China's car market surpassed the size of the American market in 2009. Sales of cars in China's market increased at a breathtaking pace in the last decade, surpassing the U.S. Sales declined in 2015 with the economic slowdown.
Grouped Articles
Auto Sales Keep Humming in China
Wall Street Journal 05/09/13
Territorial Dispute Continues to Affect Japanese Car Sales in China
Wall Street Journal 09/11/13
Renault to Focus on Building SUVs in China
Wall Street Journal 12/16/13
Chinese Car Buyers Should Keep On Motoring
Wall Street Journal 12/26/13
China Car Sales Driven Lower by Slowing Economy
Wall Street Journal 09/11/15
China Tops U.S. in Vehicle Sales, Aided By Government Incentives
Wall Street Journal 01/12/10
Analysis by The Economist and other expert opinion in 2010 of the economic prospects for Europe and the U.S.
01/11/2010
The Economist looks at the near term trends- unemployment not down as much in Britain in August and consumer spending holding up in Britain- as evidence a recovery is looming. And it cites the Suppy Managment Index up slightly in the US. Most other experts see a difficult situation in 2011 as the stimulus fades and local governments cut back- economists such as Stiglitz, Shiller, Krugman, Feldstein and others, and businessmen like Malone.
Grouped Articles
Brazil's north-east: Catching up in a hurry
Economist 05/21/11
Wall Street Journal 04/26/15
The world economy: The odd decouple
Economist 09/04/10
The U.S. Economy: Stuck in Neutral
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
America's economy: Not by monetary policy alone
Economist 10/28/10
Robert Lighthizer and other experts call for trade and globalization practices that work for the U.S.
01/06/2010
The failure of the establishment of both parties in the USA to take action in the face of the loss of 5.6 million jobs in the last decade, with $4.3 trillion in trade imbalances. An issue which resonates with voters in the US and could lead to a fundamental realignent of American attitudes to globalization and free trade. The feeling that the free-trade deck is stacked against the USA by Asian countries. China's efforts to keep the yuan dollar exchange rate at levels that favor exports. China's accumulation of over $3 trillion in dollar reserves that are parked mostly in Treasury's that keep U.S. interests low. Distortons in the global economy from the failure to rebalance the world economy hurts China and the U.S.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/11
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/10
New York Times 09/30/10
Wall Street Journal 10/02/10
The Engine That Pulled Us Out of Recession
Wall Street Journal 03/19/15
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/16
U.S. Supreme Court
01/04/2010
Grouped Articles
New York Times 06/30/12
The life of Justice Sonia Sotomayor : The New Yorker
Unknown 01/04/10
New York Times 05/14/10
Verdict on Kagan’s first year on Supreme Court - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/11
Supreme Court Turns to Criminal and First Amendment Cases
New York Times 10/01/11
44 Percent of Americans Approve of Supreme Court in New Poll
New York Times 06/07/12
Growing Risks for the U.S. Economy in 2010-2012.
01/04/2010
Risks of another hit from losses on home equity loans to bank balance sheets in latter part of 2010. The situation with local and state governments in the USA cutting back significantly. The situation in Europe and an overheating Chinese economy.
Grouped Articles
The Home-Equity Hurt Ahead for Banks
BusinessWeek 04/14/10
Beware a Bernanke-Fueled Market Bubble
BusinessWeek 05/13/10
Don't Rule Out a Double Dip Recession
Wall Street Journal 05/24/10
Wall Street Journal 05/22/10
Real Disposable Income: Bad News for Democrats?
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
Wall Street Journal 06/12/10
Worker gains in the U.S. for the decade 2000-2010.
01/01/2010
Net additions to jobs in the first decade of the 21st century is zero says Neil Irwin of the Washington Post. Numbers for the decades since the 40's shows continuous job growth before that.
Grouped Articles
U.S. economy took a dive in the 2000s, a lost decade for workers
Washington Post 01/01/10
New York Times 01/03/10
Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers
Washington Post 01/02/10
New York Times 02/11/11
Four Common Unemployment Myths
Wall Street Journal 04/06/12
U.S. Regional economies-Oakland, California.
12/31/2009
Grouped Articles
The economic performance of cities: Following the sun
Economist 05/16/13
Wall Street Journal 10/30/13
Port of Oakland Stands Tall in Tough Economy
Wall Street Journal 12/31/09
New York Times 01/14/10
Can Jerry Brown Cut California Down to Size?
BusinessWeek 06/02/10
California Is Stuck in 1st Gear
Wall Street Journal 06/08/10
Failure to control overbilling by pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment and device makers in the health reform bill.
12/10/2009
Only $10 million annual increase to control fraud has been allocated in the bill. Its not likely to do much to control the overbilling and may be one more reason the health care reform bill will be a failure in controlling costs. Pricing of pharmaceutical products and healthcare services as the major unsolved problem in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/21/13
BusinessWeek 12/10/09
How the Senate bill would contain the cost of health care : The New Yorker
New Yorker 01/04/10
In Battle Over Health Law, Math Cuts Both Ways
New York Times 01/07/11
House Approves Health Law Repeal
Wall Street Journal 01/20/11
A grim diagnosis for our ailing U.S. health care system - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/28/11
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