How Far From the Truth Will They Venture to Go?!

New York Times Opinion Pages printed an article by Joseph E. Stiglitz, a professor of economics at Columbia and Mark Zandi who is the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. The story, “The One Housing Solution Left: Mass Mortgage Refinancing” started out by stating:

“MORE than four million Americans have lost their homes since the housing bubble began bursting six years ago. [Ed. note: On what planet have these fellas been living over the past 6 years?!Continue reading

Chris Whalen: The Fallacy of “Too Big To Fail”–Why the Big Banks Will Eventually Break Up

Jim Puplava is Author & Host of Financial Sense & Financial Sense Newshour providing weekly broadcasts and writing thought-provoking commentary for Financial Sense Online in addition to interviews with top financial thinkers.
In a riveting interview on the banking industry, Christopher Whalen of Tangent Capital Partners in New York joins Jim on Financial Sense Newshour to discuss the fallacy of “too big to fail,” conflicts of interest in the derivatives markets, problems with the 2005 bankruptcy laws, and political failures, policies and programs.

Chris Whalen elaborates on the present economic situation and why we are not seeing the changes Americans expect.   Continue reading