When news of the government bailout initially broke, I’ll admit it, I wasn’t too alarmed. Generally I’m an optimist, plus, we didn’t get in over our heads with a gigantic unaffordable mortgage. And we certainly didn’t rack up tons of...

... time making ends meet, getting student loans, and even grants and scholarships. The federal government pledged a $700 billion bailout to help Wall Street recover with the hope that normal American's would receive a trickle of what they get at the top...

Okay, I take it back. I know that I said that talk of a Great Depression was a ridiculous scare tactic by President Bush to get his bailout through Congress. But, I was wrong. It is not that anything about...

Everyone’s busy these days and I am no exception. If only the Borg could talk to Wordpress:) Because everyone is so busy, and because I’ve sensed a tenseness (but not a panic, at least not yet) among the small business owners I&...

...A big one. Planet Money readers and listeners read and heard last Friday (and on This American Life over the weekend) that the bailout bill allows the Treasury Department not only to buy [...]...

AIG execs' retreat after bailout angers lawmakers - Yahoo! News Fuckers.

My usual routine on Saturday morning is to brew up a hot pot of coffee and sit down with the New York Times, and last Saturday was no exception. I expected to find many articles dealing with the latest financial crisis, government bailout, and last Thurs...

Yes, I'm a skeptic, the ultimate skeptic according to my wife, but it is not shocking how much news came out in the last week or so of businesses suddenly having very public problems securing loans, and polls saying that...

Congress's new and improved bailout bill includes, along with the obligatory helpings of pork, a provision that would increase FDIC bank deposit insurance from $100,000 to $250,000. Should the House pass the bill today, that boost in insurance would l...

The SEC aren't waiting for Congress to approve the "bailout" in order to start addressing the issues created by FAS 157. There's an article in today's WSJ – Regulators Ease Securities-Valuation Rules that give some background. You ...

Photo by alfons069 I don’t believe that we have seen the worst of this financial crisis yet. No matter whether the bailout bill finally passes or not, this country is in for some tough times. There will definitely be job losses and the housing mar...

Headlines this morning: Stocks jump after sell-off but credit market tightens House urged to revisit bailout vote What Now? Life After the Failed Bailout Bill Five Must-Knows About Your 401(k) Fund So way back when I was just a wee investor, just ge...

With last week’s discussions of the Federal government providing a $700 billion bailout and Congress approving it just this weekend, many consumers are wondering “What about us?” It is a sign of difficult economic times, even if nobody i...