Government
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The Fed’s Role in the Bank Failures | Raghuram G. Rajan and Viral V. Acharya
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There are four reasons to worry that the latest banking crisis could be systemic. For many years, periodic bouts of quantitative easing have expanded bank balance sheets and stuffed them with more uninsured deposits, making the banks increasingly vulnerable to changes in monetary policy and financial conditions. Raghuram G. Rajan and Viral V. Acharya | Project Syndicate March 28, 2023 CHICAGO – T ...
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Let the Banks Burn | Yanis Varoufakis
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Yanis VaroufakisThe banking system we take for granted is unfixable. The good news is that we no longer need to rely on any private, rent-seeking, socially destabilizing network of banks, at least no ...
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Banking Crisis 3.0: Time to Change the Rules of the Game | Ellen Brown
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Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt March 24, 2023 On CNN March 14, Roger Altman, a former deputy Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, said that American banks were on the verge of being national ...
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How Elon Musk's Tweets Unleashed A Wave Of Hate | Marianna Spring
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Marianna Spring -- BBC Disinformation and social media correspondent March 20, 2023 (BBC) -- I had just finished my investigation into whether Twitter can protect users under Elon Musk's ownership, w ...
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Will China Dump Its Dark Deal With America? | Yanis Varoufakis
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Yanis VaroufakisA new cold war is upon us, but only China is in a position to push it beyond the point of no return. That moment will come when China’s policymakers cross the Rubicon and decide to we ...
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Anatomy Of A Financial Meltdown | Nouriel Roubini
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Nouriel RoubiniA vicious circle is currently underway in the United States, and its reach could broaden to the global economy Nouriel Roubini -- Project Syndicate Mar 13, 2023 In this February 2008 c ...
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Credit Suisse Unease Sparks Fresh Selloff In World Stocks | Dhara Ranasinghe
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LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Renewed unease gripped world markets on Wednesday as news that Credit Suisse's largest investor said it could not provide the Swiss bank with more financial assistance se ...
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The Looming Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Tsunami | Ellen Brown
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Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt March 13, 2023 On Friday, March 10, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed and was taken over by federal regulators. SVB was the 16th largest bank in the country and its bankr ...
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Analysis: Silicon Valley Bank's Fall Widens Systemic Cracks As Cheap Money Vanishes | David Randall And Davide Barbuscia
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NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - Cracks are appearing in the global financial system as the decade-long era of cheap money ends, with some investors worrying the shock collapse of Silicon Valley Bank s ...
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What Will Happen When Banks Go Bust? | Ellen Brown
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Bank runs, bail-ins and systemic risk Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Feb. 25, 3023 Financial podcasts have been featuring ominous headlines lately along the lines of “Your Bank Can Legally Seize Your Mon ...
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Solving the Debt Crisis the American Way | Ellen Brown
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Our forefathers turned their debts into currency. That Constitutional approach could work today. Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Jan. 20, 2023 On Friday, Jan. 13, Treasury SecretaryJanet Yellen wrote to C ...
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