Archive for 'bubble' Category
Mar 30, 2008

You can argue all you want on paper with equations and philosophical arguments, but a simple human fact remains true — if people do not feel any moral sense of accountability they will not act in accordance with a reasonable standard of good character. Without character the entire society, and of course the economy, goes […]

Mar 29, 2008

Boom and Bust Cycles: Predictions on American Life — PART I MONEY The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. It’s all we have really. Of course the problem with using past behavior is that we relying on defective memories or reports from people who had their own agenda in relating “facts” that tend […]

Mar 27, 2008

Whether Krugman is right in today’s New York Times, predicting a massive bailout between $450 billion and $3 trillion at taxpayer expenses, or the “free marketers” have their way and let everyone collapse, or some people finally get it and move toward a consensus of policy that forgives everyone their transgressions but keeps them in […]

Mar 26, 2008

The New York Times just published an article today summarizing a detailed 580 page report showing that KPMG, the auditor for Century Financial (now defunct) expressly approved a change in accounting method that allowed the company to show a profit when under normal accounting rules the company would have shown a loss. Implicitly this shows […]

Mar 26, 2008

McCain’s Folly The solution to the liquidity crisis continues to be a political agreement between government, business, borrowers and investors in which the obvious factors are directly addressed — overvaluation of home values, overvaluation of creditworthiness, and overvaluation of CMOs. Any plan which does not address those factors will merely be an attempt to sweep […]

Mar 25, 2008

Mortgage Meltdown: Socialized Losses and Expenses The root of any solution to the current credit crisis and meltdown is politics, which is simply a consensus of opinion. When people consent to an idea like “free market” it seems to work because we make it work. The fact is that we don’t have a free market, […]

Mar 23, 2008

Here is an email I sent to a victim of the mortgage crisis: So you are in Chapter 13. Do you have a lawyer? There are some options in bankruptcy court that might be available under current law. The two that I have in mind for you, without any details, are the availability of “cram […]

Mar 22, 2008

There was an interesting study published in the Economist (March 15, 2008 pp 83-85), a conservative news magazine read around the world, that disclosed an incredibly close correlation between the “rule of law” and the health of the economy. It turns out that laws, rules and enforcement create a culture of integrity, civility and good faith. […]

Mar 21, 2008

I am researching the possibility that there might be a securities violation that could inure to YOUR benefit (not just the buyers of CDOs). You see there are several breaches that occurred here all stemming from the fact that the market was artificially inflated. The scheme most closely resembles a Ponzi scheme and so it […]

Mar 19, 2008

Cut, paste, fill in the blanks and send it in along with your request that the filing fee be waived because of financial hardship. Just google the Supreme Court of your state and send it in. xxxxxxxxxxxx, Sui Juris Citizen of the State of Arizona Address. City, State ZIP             […]