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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/2/2009

Ponzi du Jour and 'Ponzi-Palooza' From C.F.T.C.

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Friday's suspected Ponzi scheme comes courtesy of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, where a top official says that so many people are sending in tips that "there's a Ponzi-palooza out there." The C.F.T.C. accused the owner of an unregistered Idaho investment firm of running a $40 million ...

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optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com - 3/9/2009

More Debt Won’t Rescue The Great American Ponzi

— optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com — [Reader note: recently Yves Smith asked me to contribute to her blog Naked Capitalism. I hope to... generate a post a week that will be simul-published on NC and OA. This is the first installment.] Policy-makers not only misunderstand the ... (more) More Debt Won’t Rescue The Great American Ponzi

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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/5/2009

Take My Wife - But Leave Her Assets

— dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com — Peter J. Henning, a professor at Wayne State Law School, occasionally writes as a guest blogger for... The Deal Professor. Mr. Henning specializes in issues related to white-collar crime and is a former editor of the White Collar Crime Law Prof ... (more) Take My Wife - But Leave Her Assets

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securitiesdocket.com - 3/5/2009

Wave of “Anti-Ponzi” Legislation May be Coming

— securitiesdocket.com — Several states and Congress are considering new legislation as part of an effort to prevent future Ponzi... schemes. The National Law Journal reports that Florida and Connecticut lawmakers have both proposed legislation in this area, and that the U.S. Congress has, as well. In Florida, ... (more) Wave of “Anti-Ponzi” Legislation May be Coming

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Rolfe Winkler — ... over when the government put Freddie into conservatorship last Fall. The Financial Crisis and the Systemic Failure of Academic Economics (pdf) A longish paper in which economists criticize themselves for relying on models that don’t accurately reflect reality and for not warning those who use the models of their limitations. Dow opens below 7,000 (Google)  The Dow was last below 7000 on October 28, 1997.  We’re going lower.  Count on it. Ponzi-Palooza (DealBook) PNC Slashes ...