How the World Works

By Andrew Leonard

Posts on Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Another day, another radical Fed plan
The bailout is so last week -- Bernanke and friends are plotting a new dramatic government "rescue" attempt
Another step toward nationalizing the finance sector
Reactions to the Fed's plan to lend directly to businesses. Plus: Rachel Maddow interviews Paul Krugman.
Krugman: "We are all Brazilians now"
Balance sheet contagion rules the global economy. "Interdependence" is becoming a dirty word.
Prelude to the debate: Dow falls 508
Character assassination may lose its appeal after two very bad days for Wall Street and Main Street.
A Fannie Freddie debate primer
Here's what you need to know when John McCain starts talking about the mortgage mess

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Eighteen years ago, he warned of the "perverse incentives" implied by mortgage securitization.
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Marxist-Leninist Mao Zedong Ultraman to the rescue!
Who will dominate the ideological information technology battle of the future. The U.S.? China? Or is the game already over?
A second act for Eliot Spitzer
America: Land of the free, home of the forgiving. No matter what you do, there's an online column gig waiting in the wings
How national healthcare could have saved Detroit
The Big Three blame legacy retiree benefits for crippling their business. But it's their own darn fault.

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