As 2013 draws to a close, two important events have occurred in December that bear mentioning as the world prepares to usher in 2014.  In ...

The almost toothless Volcker Rule imposed earlier this month seems poised to be further defanged. Apparently some banks hold a certain ty...

So a few days after Dodd-Frank became law I posited that the so-called Volcker Rule would do little to solve excessive speculation by banks ...

As promised , below is the 2009 list of the top 25 subprime lenders that crushed the U.S. housing market in 2007-08.  As discussed earlier t...

Five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers which ushered in the crushing mortgage crisis of 2008, perpetuated primarily by subprime ...

I just ran across a thought provoking article on CNN-Money entitled the " Split Economy ."  The article reminds us that "[t]h...

Hedge fund giant SAC Capital pled this week to criminal insider trading charges leveled by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC...

The Tea Party's campaign to permanently disable the US government inflicted a massive toll on the US economy, according to a series of...

Yesterday, JP Morgan Chase agreed to settle claims that it sold toxic mortgages to government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie ...

In recent posts, I showed the totally unnecessary costs of flirting with default, I gave kudos to responsible GOP leaders , and I laid out...

In order to lead in a democracy, representatives must comprehend the consequences of their actions, respect democratic processes and not r...

Recently, my article entitled "When Making Money and Making a Sustainable and Societal Difference Collide: Will Benefit Corporations Su...

In my last post, I commended the 144 GOP Representatives who voted against default as well as the 24 GOP Senators who joined against default...

  My last post on the debt debacle showed that as a result of extreme politics regarding the debt limit and funding the government the ...

As I write, it appears that the budget impasse, the government shutdown and the debt ceiling debacle are all about to end. Assuming the GOP ...