Video: Executive Pay Loophole?
marketnewslive.blogspot.com 2/6/2009 — 02/06/09 President Obama limited executive pay for institutions that receive government aid, but a number of questions remain.

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
creditwritedowns.com 10/11/2008 — Look, the markets were really ugly this week. But, at a minimum, we avoided the worst on Friday. In the end, we can live in a constant reality of fear and loathing.... or we can escape and relax. Everybody needs a little escape now and again. So, ...

Nationalize like real capitalists
interfluidity.powerblogs.com 1/20/2009 — It will come to no surprise of readers of this blog that I favor nationalization of failed, systemically important banks. But James Surowiecki and Floyd Norris have a...

Economic Scene: Time to Steer ‘Forceful Course’ for Stimulus
nytimes.com 2/4/2009 — The administration has not answered criticisms that its stimulus package is not as effective as it could be. >

Capitalists On The Way Up; Socialists On Way Down
dailymarkets.com 1/3/2009 — Many are finding it hard to make merry in the aftermath of this year’s financial crisis. Collateral damage from the crisis is extensive-unemployment is rising in the US, exporters are hurting in emerging markets, global stock markets are depressed, and each day seemingly brings new cries ...

What's so great about small business?
gregmankiw.blogspot.com 10/19/2008 — Wisdom from Michael Kinsley .

Obama
acrossthecurve.com 1/8/2009 — President-elect Obama will provide details of his stimulus package in a speech in Virginia at 1100AM. The package is expected to total around $800 billion. The Congressional Budget Office projects a fiscal year deficit of $1.2 trillion. However, that figure does not include the loss of ...

Why it can hurt so much to sell - Jan. 27, 2009
money.cnn.com 1/28/2009 — (Money Magazine) -- Let's say you bought two stocks last year. One has tanked and looks likely to fall further. One has gone up and you expect it to keep rising. (Hey, it's not completely impossible.) Which are you more apt to sell? Behavioral ...

Obama Readies Massive Tax Cuts — The Big Money 1/5/2009
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times lead off their business coverage today with word that President-elect Barack Obama's economic recovery plan will include a larger-than-expected tax cut of roughly $300 million for companies and ...

The GOOG-Obama Lovefest — The Big Money 1/5/2009
Google may have a big headache in China right now, but it's only too happy to see Barack Obama set up shop over here. According to the San Francisco Chronicle , CEO Eric Schmidt, co-founder Larry Page, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, and three ...

Understimulated — The Big Money 1/7/2009
Washington officials can't say for sure how many people are coming to town for Barack Obama's inauguration. Estimates have ranged from 2 million to 4 million . read more

America's budget: After the recession, the deluge — The Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
Barack Obama must couple short-term stimulus with long-term fiscal reform FOR all his talk of change, Barack Obama will start his presidency much as George Bush did: with a huge fiscal stimulus aimed at boosting an ailing economy and promoting some ...

Lexington: Leading the lawmakers — The Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
Until he becomes unpopular, Barack Obama will get most of what he wants from Congress “CHANGE begins at home,” say the billboards in Washington, DC. They are adverts for IKEA, a discount furniture store, urging people to spruce up their ...