Re: [Vo]:"This American Life" show about economic crisis

2008-10-02 Thread Edmund Storms
On Oct 2, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:Edmund Storms wrote:6. As a result, stagflation will come again. The Obama administrationwill look a lot like the Carter administration.It might resemble the New Deal, if things get worse and Obama is decisive. Or the Hoover administration if he is no

Re: [Vo]:"This American Life" show about economic crisis

2008-10-02 Thread Edmund Storms
You are right, he is not invested in real estate. The actual problem is in the companies that own the mortgages like Bear Stearns, a big part of which he owns. He is right, some intervention is necessary. The issue is who will benefit most from the intervention. The press makes it sound

Re: [Vo]:"This American Life" show about economic crisis

2008-10-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Edmund Storms wrote: You need to remember that Warren Buffett is heavily invested in the financial industry. Consequently, he is going to benefit from the bailout. I have no idea where Buffett has put his money, but I doubt that he has any invested in real estate funds. He has been saying for

Re: [Vo]:"This American Life" show about economic crisis

2008-10-02 Thread Edmund Storms
On Oct 2, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Edmund Storms wrote: 6. As a result, stagflation will come again. The Obama administration will look a lot like the Carter administration. It might resemble the New Deal, if things get worse and Obama is decisive. Or the Hoover administrati

Re: [Vo]:"This American Life" show about economic crisis

2008-10-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Edmund Storms wrote: 6. As a result, stagflation will come again. The Obama administration will look a lot like the Carter administration. It might resemble the New Deal, if things get worse and Obama is decisive. Or the Hoover administration if he is not. The crisis has begun before Obama t

Re: [Vo]:"This American Life" show about economic crisis

2008-10-02 Thread Terry Blanton
And how did this get started? http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE7DB153EF933A0575AC0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 http://snipurl.com/40xsd [query_nytimes_com] Anyone know what Franklin Raines is up to these days? Terry On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Jed Rothwell <[E

Re: [Vo]:"This American Life" show about economic crisis

2008-10-02 Thread Edmund Storms
We now know how the system failed to work properly. How about applying a little simple logic to a few facts? Application of simple logic to the system a few years ago would have clearly predicted the outcome, which many people successfully did. These are the people who made sure they were

[Vo]:"This American Life" show about economic crisis

2008-10-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
This is kind of off-topic but also on topic. Here is a broadcast and transcript from the radio program "This American Life." It explains the subprime mortgage fiasco more clearly than I have seen elsewhere: http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=355 This resembles the "Bird and F