Tag Archives: derivitives

All the Devils are Here

By Mark | November 17, 2010

I’m going to lay in bed and watch The Wire tonight. It’s not nearly as fun, but, if you’re looking for something to watch, here’s video of Jon Stewart interviewing the authors of the new book All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis. I’m not incredibly knowledgeable when it comes […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics | Also tagged All the Devils are Here, Bethany McLean, credit default swaps, financial industry, financial reform, gambling, Goldman Sachs, Joe Nocera, Jon Stewart, Larry Leibowitz, NYSE, Omar Little, predatory businesses, Real Housewives of New Jersey, subprime mortgage crisis, Wall Street bailouts, Wall Street deregulation | 5 Comments

The unrepentant sons-of-bitches who are fighting banking reform

By Mark | September 14, 2009

It’s been one year since the investment bank Lehman Brothers went belly up, putting into motion a chain of events that would culminate in some $600 billion in American taxpayer money being given away to corporations like AIG, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. To commemorate the day, and breath new life into his stalled […]

Posted in Economics, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged AIG, Andrew Cuomo, bailout, Bank of America, banking reform, Capitalism, Capitalism: A Love Story, Corporate Crime, credit, financial reform, gambling, Glass-Steagall Act, Goldman Sachs, investment banking, Lehman Brothers, lending, loans, lobbyists, Michael Moore, Obama, other people's money, reckless behavior, Robert Reich, the short attention spans of Americans, unrepentant sons of bitches, Wall Street | 9 Comments

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