On Sep 17, 1:58 pm, Crash <sourcene...@san.rr.com> wrote: MICHAEL HUDSON: No, it’s the worst possible move, and it puts the class war back in business with a vengeance. The class war is over... The other 1/2 of 1 percent won... What did they win?

> MICHAEL HUDSON: No, it’s the worst possible move, and it puts the class war back in business with a vengeance. The class war is over... The other 1/2 of 1 percent won...

.../Glass-Steagall_Act ...NOMI PRINS: The bailout of AIG is an example...Hudson, we’re talking government bailout, which means taxpayers stuck with...and it puts the class war back in business with a...president not only to further bailouts of Wall Street, ostensibly to...going to have to cut back local expenditures, local infrastructure. The...Bear Stearns, effectively you’re putting up $30 billion to take...

... a different world, with different people behaving very differently than in the past. Ponder on that if you wish. Seems like there's a word for when the government owns the business and the business owns the government. From early in the 20th century: "fascism". It was also called the Monarchy .... or the Holy Roman Empire, or even Catholicism, when the "priests/monks" ...

...'s a different world, with different people behaving very differently than in the past. Ponder on that if you wish. Seems like there's a word for when the government owns the business and the business owns the government. From early in the 20th century: "fascism". Nope, fascism is something quite different to that. Particularly when the voters get to pull the plug on the ...

Sean wrote: Best to wake up and smell the daisies growing in 2008. It's a different world, with different people behaving very differently than in the past. Ponder on that if you wish. Seems like there's a word for when the government owns the business and the business owns the government. From early in the 20th century: "fascism".

... to feed them, following the ruination of Europe in the wake of the war. After World War II our goodness received a dramatic manifestation in the Marshall plan -- the vast program of assistance to help war- ravaged nations recover from World War II. And we can be proud that we helped restore not only our allies but those who had been our enemies ...

... generosity to feed them, following the ruination of Europe in the wake of the war. After World War II our goodness received a dramatic manifestation in the Marshall plan -- the vast program of assistance to help war- ravaged nations recover from World War II. And we can be proud that we helped restore not only our allies but those who had been our ...

... into the subprime loan meltdown may uncover financial crimes committed by hedge funds and private equity firms. They're looking for scapegoats (today, on The Street, it's "short sellers"). Business is always a convenient target, since they are assumed guilty in advance in the very nature of what they do, pursuing profit. There may be specific instances of unethical practices and ...

Corporations "restating" earnings; fawning business media; chief executives diverting the blame; Securities and Exchange Commission probes initiated after the damage is done. This Enron-WorldCom d