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What’s in a name?

…no matter the labels thrown upon them, going back 1000s of years. Its recurring features — concentrated power, weak accountability mechanisms, suppression of organized opposition — are structural problems of…

Dodd-Frank financial protection

…forbearance to Wall Street executives, to not prosecute for rigging the CDO market or any number of illegalities in the foreclosure space. After this radical consolidation of banking power in…

Guest Post: Rationality of Banks

…could not invest the money at home for fear of distorting their very productive but fragile economy. That enormous pile of money was invested in MBS’s and CDO’s and all…