TheGoodBlogs Topic: financial crisis

Topic of the Day (Monday, 06 October 2008): financial_crisis

	The Real Secret of Life - Amended 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...
	Panamanian Senator Señor Juan Sidney McCain Goes After Barry Obama For Financial Crisis; Doesn’t Let Actual FACTS Get In The Way Of Great Rhetoric McCain Stump Accusations Against Obama Don’t Quite Pass The “Fact-Check Smell Tests”, But Hey, That’s A-Okay Because At Least We KNOW Juan Sidney of Arizona The non-partisan Ed Morrissey of Hot Air offers us some sn...
	Keating Economics: John McCain and the Making of a Financial Crisis The Obama campaign has put together a documentary to explain John McCain’s role in the Keating Five Scandal.
	Riddle Me This What do you get when you combine high oil prices, government subsidies on gasoline, and a financial crisis spreading around the world? You get Pakistan on the brink of insolvency: Officially, the central bank holds $8.14 billion (£4.65 billion) of fore...
	How bad is it? ...der drumbeat of bad economic news: “All the talk about how bad it is out there has started getting in my head." And the financial crisis hadn't even affected her family. That's the trickle-down effect of perception. Economists have......
	My Sister Solves the Financial Crisis
	How Will the Financial Crisis Affect Your Business? 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...
	Will leveraged buyouts (LBO) be next? So far the financial crisis has centered around mortgages and mortgage backed assets. As the current historical crisis unfolds and gobbles up respected Wall Street investment banks - here is a question to ponder. Will private equity companies be next?
	Will leveraged buyouts (LBO) be next? So far the financial crisis has centered around mortgages and mortgage backed assets. As the current historical crisis unfolds and gobbles up respected Wall Street investment banks - here is a question to ponder. Will private equity companies be next?
	The Financial Crisis Gets Personal This weekend I got very bad news from two very close friends. Friend #1 said in a phone call: “I’ve lost my house, the auction is tomorrow.” Friend #2 writes: “My IRA has been wiped out but more importantly, Ameri...