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My way too late response on Kevin Williamson’s piece
Sensible conservatives do exist! At least that was my first reaction to reading Kevil Williamson’s excellent piece at The National Review (of all places!) that debunks a lot of the myths around supply-side economics. But the more I think about … Continue reading
Posted in economics, financial reform, politics
Tagged economics, supply side theory
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Night reading
I think I like this feature, so every night that I’m aware (and not completely plastered) I’m going to suggest a few different articles and blog posts to read. Tonight, I’m reading some of the crazy shit that state elected … Continue reading
Posted in economics, financial reform, linkage, night reading, personal, politics, Uncategorized
Tagged economy, financial reform, politics, religion
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My reaction to Eapen Thampy’s first column
Full Disclosure: I was selected to interview for a job with the Grass Roots Organization, but a combination of my parent’s advice against taking the job and me not having a car led me to decline their interview request. So … Continue reading
Posted in economics, financial reform, media criticism, missouri, politics
Tagged conservative, corporations, economics, financial reform, rex sinquefield, think tank
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The GOP counter-proposal
Ok, so as promised, last night I read the 20-page GOP alternative to the Democrats plan on financial regulation. Due to the complexity of the material, I’m just going to do a simple pro’s and con’s list of the different … Continue reading
Night Reading
I’m in the midst of reading the Republican’s counter-proposal on financial reform and I’ll have some thoughts on the similarities and differences of it compared to the Dodd bill tomorrow. For now, I’d suggest reading Damian Paletta’s summery of their … Continue reading
Posted in consumer protection agency, financial reform, politics, senate
Tagged Dodd, financial regulation, Republicans
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It’s all politics all the time…
…and there is nothing wrong with that. Over at The American Prospect, they are talking about the Republicans uniform opposition to the financial reform package: If, after a year at this, GOP operatives can’t describe their differences from the Dodd … Continue reading
A shit-show
As a college student, when I hear the phrase “shit-show,” I’m just assuming a bunch of people got drunk and did something stupid. But I tend to think that phrase can be applied to this part of the committee hearing … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, financial reform, politics, senate
Tagged carl levin, financial reform, goldman sachs, senate
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Case study of the filibuster (Updated)
I think there is an important point to be made about the financial regulation vote scheduled in a few minutes, and with the help of a Steve Benen post an hour or two ago, I’m going to try and make … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, economics, financial reform, politics, senate
Tagged filibuster, financial reform, Obama
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Why do Ivy League students pick Goldman Sachs?
I want to piggy back on a point that Eapen Thampy made last week in his blog (that you should be reading every day.) He talked about his brother, a Harvard graduate who majored in Chemistry and Russian, saying the … Continue reading
What would a Consumer Protection Agency actually do?
Housekeeping note: The plan for the blog is that during the week (when I have less time) I’m going to keep my posts mainly focused on analyzing key events during the day. During the weekend though, I’m going to work … Continue reading
