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| Category: featured Articles that have been selected as having more than transitory interest. Phony financial reform By John Schroy, on July 17th, 2010 |  2 comments  Unfortunately, instead of a ‘game-changing’ confidence-inspiring reform, the Obama administration presented the United States with the Dodd-Frank Act — a legislative miscarriage that has the potential to hold back recovery and impair the position of New York as a world financial center for decades — unless repealed or drastically amended. July 17th, 2010 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, complexity, Corporate Governance, Derivative Strategy, dividends, Economic Recovery, efficient market hypothesis, eurosystem, executive stock options, Great Depression, Jeff Skilling, Nobel prize in economics, Pecora Commission, pension plans, rating agencies, risk, Stock Buybacks, sub-prime mortgages, US Congress | Category: Financial Market Regulator, featured | 2 comments |  Short urlEuros versus the dollar By John Schroy, on July 2nd, 2010 | One comment  The multiplicity of independent central banks is the Achilles heel of the eurosystem. A bank, controlled by the government, in a fiat money environment, that acts as the paying agent for that government, has — in effect — the capability to print money (although not necessarily banknotes). Imagine, tomorrow the headlines in the Wall Street Journal read “$100 billion is inflationary euros issued without the knowledge of the European Central Bank”. What would be the effect of the news on the value of the euro as a reserve currency? July 2nd, 2010 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Barings Bank, Economic Recovery, Europe, European Central Bank, eurosystem, Federal Reserve Bank, Nick Leeson, PIIGS, reserve currency, US Treasury | Category: World Economy, featured | One comment | Short urlSocial change: By John Schroy, on June 25th, 2010 | 2 comments  Restricted availability of consumer credit and a greater propensity of households to save before spending, may result in less use of credit cards and smaller mortgages. A return, even partial, to saving habits of the 1950s could stimulate economic recovery. The popular Dave Ramsey radio and TV shows suggest that a societal change in this direction is at least possible. Lower levels of personal debt would boost the economy and make people happier. June 25th, 2010 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Baby Boomers, Barack Obama, Dave Ramsey, Democratic Party, Economic Recovery, Fannie Mae, fiscal deficit, Freddie Mac, Great Depression, Leverage, Mortgage-backed Securities, pension, pension plans, rating agencies, sub-prime mortgages, unemployment | Category: Small Investors, featured | 2 comments | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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