…at least half of the equity. This reduces the value of the Geithner put. In fact letting private partners cut off the losses at the investment losing 2/3 of purchase…

…funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds) register with SEC if have over threshold assets under management *and* if leveraged. 4) better trade on markets than OTC (so ? a…

…of the project is needed to make the rest economically feasible. They may also hold a 70 percent equity stake in a windmill business, qualifying for special tax credits. Three…

…2009 WSWS EXCERPT: Between October 9, 2007, and October 9, 2008, equity assets in retirement plans dropped by about $4 trillion in value, according to the CRR study. State and…

…more virulent L-shaped near-depression or stag-deflation (a deadly combination of economic stagnation and price deflation) like the one Japan experienced in the 1990s after its real estate and equity bubbles…

…taxation or retirement age is there not to like? Well nothing really. Until you start looking at issues of intergenerational equity. Because how does Low Cost translate to the Debt…

…like another oil shock then all bets are off. But then again your equity investments will probably not be looking rosy either. So Social Security can well weather even a…

…reducing the U.S.’s structural current account deficit (the trade deficit). The first is the forced write-off of bad assets, fiscal recapitalization of the banks, or debt-for-equity tactic, and it should…

…Security in the stock market (which would capture the much touted equity premium). No increase in payroll taxes (sorry Coberly, the Commission was not even allowed to discuss it). Nope…

…which (according to the Romers) were about the same size: the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and Balanced Budget Act…