No matter how hard they try, the Obama administration can’t seem to get Paul Volcker shoved completely into the background. He was making waves today at Vanderbilt University. Volcker had a couple of interesting things to say. First he spoke a lot of truth about the recession: Paul Volcker, senior economic adviser to PresidentBarack Obama, […]
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Volcker Sounds Off
Posted by Tom Lindmark on March 24th, 2009
“We’re in a government-dependent financial system; I never thought I would live to see the day… We’ve got to fight to get away from that.” That is what Paul Volcker had to say today when asked about the state of the economy. He was appearing at a forum on the Future of Finance sponsored by […]
A Couple Smart Guys Say We’re FUBAR
Posted by Tom Lindmark on February 22nd, 2009
I was ready to give up and get some sleep when I ran across this one. It’s from Reuters and I’ll just paste it in here so you have something to think about as you go to sleep. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively […]