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The Times: IMF warns second bailout would ‘threaten democracy’
November 24, 2009 – 12:28 pm | No Comment
The Times: IMF warns second bailout would ‘threaten democracy’

The public will not bail out the financial services sector for a second time if another global crisis blows up in four or five years time, the managing-director of the International Monetary Fund warned this …

FT: Goldman reaping $1bn on a CIT bankruptcy
October 7, 2009 – 5:20 pm | No Comment
FT: Goldman reaping $1bn on a CIT bankruptcy

And we think regulataion would prevent such deals to be structured in the future? 
Goldman Sachs stands to receive a payment of $1bn – while US taxpayers would lose $2.3bn – if embattled commercial lender …

Cathartic Clean-out – The People Pay For Bankers Re-hab
May 19, 2009 – 1:53 pm | 2 Comments
Cathartic Clean-out – The People Pay For Bankers Re-hab

The collapse of the Western financial sector was just what the doctor ordered, for the bankers. They had reached the point where they needed a cathartic clean-out. Their bloated excesses couldn’t go on, so a …

The Michael Hudson Series – Part 2 The Bailout
April 13, 2009 – 3:27 pm | One Comment
The Michael Hudson Series – Part 2 The Bailout

In the second part of our Michael Hudson series we look at the current bailout plans and the consequence to the taxpayer.  Will it work?

The Renegade Economist Press Conference
March 28, 2009 – 9:34 am | No Comment
The Renegade Economist Press Conference

The Renegade Economist press conference at The Foreign Press Association – London.