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The next fight to protect Main Street

March 16, 2011 By jack-yunits

When introducing his amendment, Senator Durbin highlighted how he first became aware of Visa and MasterCard's stranglehold on the credit card market when the owner of his favorite restaurant complained.  It's the same story you'll hear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-banks, credit, credit-card-companies, debit, dodd-frank, durbin-amendment, financial-reform, small-business, swipe-fees

Financial Crisis in Laymens Terms

April 5, 2009 By sue-kennedy

This was forwarded to me and appears to be a pretty good description of how the Wall Street geniuses got us into this situation. Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Berlin. In order to increase sales, she decides to allow her loyal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: capitalism, credit, financial-crisis

A Modest Proposal

March 31, 2008 By tedf

I have been reading the Department of the Treasury's Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure. Much of it is sensible, and the focus on rationalizing the current hodgepodge of regulation and granting the Fed increased … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cds, credit, derivatives, paulson, swaps, treasury

No Bail-Out For The Hedge Funds!

August 11, 2007 By tedf

A while back there was a discussion here about legislation that would bail out homeowners who found  they couldn't afford the exotic mortgage loans they had taken after the initial teaser rate increased. I argued that the state should … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bernanke, credit, federal-reserve, hedge-funds, mortgages, national

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