Monthly Archives: May 2012

NBER’s Martin Feldstein warns on Fed-engineered stock bubble

Martin Feldstein, a professor of economics at Harvard University, talks about the impact of Federal Reserve monetary policy on the stock market. Feldstein, speaking on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack,” also discusses the outlook for the U.S. economy. “We are not doing … Continue reading

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PBS Frontline: Money, Power and Wall Street, Part 2

The second segment in this series aired last night on PBS. It is an excellent series, showing the value of investigative reporting versus the infotainment, cheer-leading so frequently aired today. Here is a direct link to the first hour May … Continue reading

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Lessons not learned from MF Global

Once a sleepy brokerage firm dealing with financial products like corn futures and pork bellies, MF Global appeared to be rejuvenated when Jon Corzine — a Marine, former senator, former governor, one of Wall Street’s top bankers and a man … Continue reading

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