Some Common Sense at Last about Banks- Volcker

This strikes me as the right approach.
Volcker Calls for Restricting Banks’ Risk, Trading Activity – WSJ.com
The comments reflect Mr. Volcker’s long-held view that banks should act more in line with their traditional role and not take extremely risky gambles, which could threaten the viability of commercial banks and expose the Federal Reserve and taxpayers to [...]

Where Did they Learn This Stuff?

Economic Meltdown Bankers – Harvard MBA, Stern School of Business – Business School | wowOwow
Which schools are the Academies of the Apocalypse, and who and how many went to each?
Is how Deborah Barrow launches into her list.  Harvard is on top.  THis si amusing, but not a very systematic pool of candidates.

All that is solid melts…

My thoughts exactly…
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
Now that the People own a major insurance company, it’s fair to ask how the People’s Insurance Company, along with the People’s Mortgage Companies and the People’s Investment Banks, will benefit the People who Own them. Can we expect lower premiums, equity sharing, and corporate perks for our [...]

FDIC does not publish its problem bank list

15 minutes of web searching for this mythical list of problme banks leads me to learn that the FDIC does not publiish the list.
Of course not.  It might cause people to worry about their deposits!  So, we have to protected from our own self-interest.
It is always the most critical information that is hidden.  One site [...]

Thoughts on SL Banking ban

I know I’ve talked to people about virtual worlds and when they point out that it is “odd” or somehow “wrong” for people to adopt other identities, I sometimes repsond that the ability to do so, or at least, the ability to do anything meaningful as your alter ego, will be limited by how porous [...]