Posts Tagged ‘investment banks’

What is Strategic Default? A Moral Dilemma?

What is Strategic Default? A Moral Dilemma?

What is a strategic default? These days, it occurs to me, there would be even less morality involved in the decision to walk away from a mortgage. I can't believe anyone actually feels morally obligated to a bank today.... (Continue reading)

Books That Matter: Crisis Economics, by Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Mihm

Books That Matter: Crisis Economics, by Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Mihm

Roubini explains things I didn't previously understand, such as the details of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's and Treasury Secretary Geithner's response to the meltdown. Oh, I knew some of what those two had done, but not enough in terms... (Continue reading)

Senate Investigation Says Banks Caused Crisis, Not Borrowers

Senate Investigation Says Banks Caused Crisis, Not Borrowers

As I've said what feels like a million times in a million different ways... it wasn't the borrowers, it was the banks, and what caused the crisis was that the banks broke the bond market... and it remains broken to... (Continue reading)