…financial reform, as noted by Salon’s Andrew Leonard) and continued degradation of lifestyle for most ordinary Americans, is disturbingly remininiscent of the “roaring twenties” contrasts in lifestyles of the poor…

…Swiss banks and the impact of banking secrecy on tax evasion. It’s Demystifying Swiss Banks, May 15, 2010, money.co.uk. Just another reason that tax reform and bank reform go together….

by Rebecca Wilder I started research on India to further explore economic prospects after reading and (excellent) FT article on necessary labor reform. In doing so, I now see a…

…of major financial institutions poses a grave risk to the system as a whole, Senate banking reform legislation includes a provision that will help them get even bigger. The provision…

…reform legislation and also because of the economics of medicine. I suspect it will remain hot regardless of whether or not there is reform. IDS presents in many models, but…

Robert Waldmann One strange thing about the health care reform debate is that insurance companies claim to support reform. I have tended to suspect that they are just playing possum….

by Linda Beale Linda Beale writes at ataxingmatter: Health Care Reform or a boondoggle for private insurers? The Baucus proposal for health care “reform” doesn’t include a public option. And…

…whole whole lotta dough. This tends to make people worry, and makes many believe that benefits will be cut by the health care reform bills. There are no such cuts…

…White House. Unsurprisingly, he reports that there is a bitter debate over health care reform inside the Obama administration. There are clear hints of this including a leak to politico…

…significant reform to our health care system in over forty years, no one is talking about this issue. In a July 20 Op Ed in the Boston Globe entitled Retooling…