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The Bailout Defeat: A Political Credibility Crisis - TIMEThere was a lack of trust, a loss of confidence, a popular revolt. Nearly every major political leader in America supported the $700 billion financial bailout bill. The President of the United States. The Vice President. The Treasury Secretary. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The Chairman ...
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IMF - World Systemic Banking Crises: A New Database. September 2008This paper presents a new database on the timing of systemic banking crises and policy responses to resolve them. The database covers the universe of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2007, with detailed data on crisis containment and resolution policies for 42 crisis episodes, and ...
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US will lose financial superpower status - Peer Steinbrück, German finance minister - FTThe US is poised to lose its role as a global financial “superpower” in the wake of the financial crisis, Peer Steinbrück, German finance minister, said on Thursday as he called for a regulatory crackdown on financial markets.“ The US will lose its status as the superpower of the world financial ...
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Plan’s Basic Mystery - What’s All This Stuff Worth? - NYTimesWhat would you pay, sight unseen, for a house that nobody wants, on a hard-luck street where no houses are selling? That question is easy compared to the one confronting the Treasury Department as Washington works toward a vast bailout of financial institutions. Treasury Secretary Henry M. ...
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In Bailout Furor, Wall Street Pay Becomes a Target - NYTimesCongress wants Wall Street to feel it where it hurts: the wallet. The stratospheric pay packages of Wall Street executives have become a lightning rod issue as Congress shapes a $700 billion bailout for financial firms. Proposals circulating on Capitol Hill vary, but they all would impose some ...
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Upheaval on Wall St. Stirs Anger in the U.N. - NYTimes“We must not allow the burden of the boundless greed of a few to be shouldered by all,” said President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil in an opening speech that reflected the tone of the gathering. With a pillar of American power — its financial leadership — so badly shaken, there was a ...
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The end of American capitalism as we knew it - Willem Buiter - FTThe fear that drove this extraordinary decision is that AIG’s failure would increase counterparty risk, actual and perceived, throughout the financial system of the US and the rest of the world, to such an extent that no financial institution would have been willing to extend credit to any other ...
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Organizing - people, power and change - fullOrganizers identify, recruit and develop leadership; build community around leadership; and build power from that community. Organizers bring people together, challenging them to act on behalf of their shared values and interests. They develop the relationships, motivate the participation, ...
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