Topic: James Galbraith

The Myth That Banks Are Solvent

SeekingAlpha - 279 days ago
If we keep pretending banks are just waiting for regulators to get out of the way, we'll keep implementing the wrong policies.. . Banks will likely ...

It's First Recession Since End of WWI Where Government Help Isn't Trickling Down to the American People - Christopher Whalen

SeekingAlpha - 426 days ago
Banking expert Christopher Whalen (hailed by Nouriel Roubini as one of the leading independent analysts of the U.S. banking system) told the...

Economic Stimulus: Accelerators and Decelerators

SeekingAlpha - 434 days ago
The idea is supposed to be to stimulate economic activity. That is supposed to happen if a dollar of stimulus results in more than a dollar of...

Geithner Politicizes the Fed, Warns Cong...

Minyanville - 451 days ago
The hypocrisy of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner would be stunning except for the fact hypocrisy from Geithner is pretty much an everyday...

James K Galbraith on cutting down the financial sector

Le Monde Diplomatique - 606 days ago
In this month's podcast, leading US economist James K Galbraith discusses his article, ? And does the future hold a vicious circle of cuts, deflation and depression for Europe?.

2010-2020: Government Deficits Between $15-$18 Trillion

Basil & Spice - 741 days ago
Perhaps the most profound bit of information appearing in the news this morning concerning the budget proposal of the Obama administration is the citation of Stein's law by the economist James Galbraith in the New York Times article " This was the ...

Stein's Law and the U.S. Federal Deficit

SeekingAlpha - 744 days ago
Perhaps the most profound bit of information appearing in the news this morning concerning the budget proposal of the Obama administration is the citation of Stein's law by the economist James Galbraith in the New York Times article " This was the ...

James Galbraith on the Financial Crisis

SeekingAlpha - 788 days ago
The three-part video presentation below features James Galbraith, professor of economics and government at the University of Texas (Austin) and author of a number of books, speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma, California in October of 2009.. Part 1 ...

James Galbraith on How Financial Stability Creates Instability

SeekingAlpha - 807 days ago
Below are three videos from a talk at the 2009 Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma, CA, where James Galbraith talks about the Hyman Minsky concept of the instability of stability. He sees the latest episode of financial crisis as a Minsky ...

A view on a second stimulus

AlphaNinja - 817 days ago
Good interview with Texas professor James Galbraith on the idea of the scope and structure of a second stimulus.Yes, a SECOND stimulus. The first has been maybe 30-40% enacted, and is riddled with fraud, but he thinks we need another.What ...