Tag Archives: Credit default swaps

60 Minutes catches up to 2 Think Good

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Sorry couldn’t help myself. But I did have a post on Oct 13th which identified the the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 as a prime example of both political parties being part of the problem in the financial meltdown. … Continue reading →

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Deregulation vs. a lack of regulation

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jorge Costales

I dislike the ‘both parties are at fault’ argument. Strikes me as lazy, a way to avoid really thinking about an issue. Unfortunately, I found a good example of the ‘both sides’ argument in the debate over what went wrong … Continue reading →

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