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Cathedral of Finance

Posted on April 24, 2011 by hro50ta1

Here is another of those stories from 2008 that used to appear on my howtostopabankrun blog, now kaput. By Joel Thurtell In the wee hours of Tuesday, February 14, 1933, Michigan’s new Democratic governor, William Comstock, emerged from the posh … Continue reading →

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Al and Paul agree

Posted on April 15, 2011 by hro50ta1

This article appeared a couple years ago on my less-than-hacker-proof and now-defunct blog, howtostopabankrun.com. By Joel Thurtell Ain’t it neat? Al and  Paul agree. Al is Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who got it all wrong … Continue reading →

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Canada’s banks

Posted on February 2, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I was pleased to see Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has discovered the benefits of banking in Canada. Finally. The rule here at JOTR is that we never gloat over other writers’ failings, since … Continue reading →

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“Cathedral of finance”

Posted on March 26, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell In the wee hours of Tuesday, February 14, 1933, Michigan’s new Democratic Governor William Comstock emerged from the posh Detroit Club after a long meeting of Detroit financiers and Lansing and Washington treasury bigshots. He turned right … Continue reading →

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Banking and the perpetual screw job

Posted on March 18, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell It’s terrible that execs of broke A.I.G. gave themselves $165 million in bonuses, tapped from public bailout money. And yes, it’s outragaeous that top dogs from failed Countrywide bank whose profiteering in sub-prime mortgages helped bring on … Continue reading →

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