Author Archives: Danielle Park

According to the CIA Factbook the global broad money supply totaled $81.3 trillion in 2014 and more than a triple from $25 trillion in 2000. For a visualization on the relative size of all global markets and monetary instruments see:  … Continue reading →

Not different this time–same players and behaviors, different cycle. In 2003-07 it was reckless lending, securitization and derivatives that drove realty prices off the leverage cliff. In 2010-2016 the buyers are foreigners and financial intermediaries (who were bailed out by … Continue reading →

Brazen nepotism and self-serving policies are the norm in the revolving door world of finance and its regulators–because they have gotten away with it so handsomely to date.   You can read “In Bed with Wall Street” for many sordid details.  … Continue reading →