Daily Archives: October 27, 2010

"Inside Job" director on disappointment in Obama: "the oligarchs' president"

Painful but excellent article by documentary film maker Charles Ferguson. Sadly he is dead-on in his criticism of Obama. Very disappointing to all of us who dared to believe there was still hope for change. Ferguson holds a B.A. in … Continue reading

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20 years of deregulation, greed and cronyism led to current problems

In his new documentary Inside Job, filmmaker Charles Ferguson spoke to some of the biggest names from Wall Street to Washington to academia to get a first hand account of what caused the 2008 financial meltdown and how the financial … Continue reading

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Robert Shiller on latest housing data

“Home prices are declining a little bit,” Shiller says. “It's a worry that the support we've seen [via the tax credit] is not continuing and we're going to resume the downtrend.” In his estimation, we are stuck in a liquidity … Continue reading

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