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Exploring the Topic Finacial Crisis

Ending Insider Rating and the Credit Crisis

Ending Insider Rating and the Credit Crisis

Scott Burns Mar 28, 2008

" let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself nameless unreasoning unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance " President Franklin D Roosevelt in his first inaugural address 1933 If LTCM Enron and now the…

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Building the Next Financial Crisis, One Loan at a Time

Building the Next Financial Crisis, One Loan at a Time

Scott Burns Sep 08, 2012

The foundation for our next financial crisis is being laid right now. The question isn’t whether we will have another, but when. The biggest clue can be found on websites where you can search for mortgages to purchase or refinance a house. On my last visit to bankrate.com, for instance, a person…

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The Great Brain And The European Debt Crisis

The Great Brain And The European Debt Crisis

Andrew Hallam Jan 11, 2012

When I was a kid Tom Fitzgerald’s The Great Brain was one of my favourite book series The main character was a boy genius growing up in Utah during the late 1800s He could solve nearly any problem He once strategized how to find two boys lost in a cave network another time he taught a…

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How History Is Likely To See Our Financial Crisis

How History Is Likely To See Our Financial Crisis

Scott Burns Oct 15, 2008

Presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks with a broad brush He explains the current crisis with typical overgeneralization It is he says the result of “eight years of failed Republican policies ” Republicans take the opposite tack They follow a narrow trail from the Community Reinvestment…

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The Y2K Champagne Crisis

The Y2K Champagne Crisis

Scott Burns Feb 14, 1999

Sunday, February 14, 1999 Sitting in his room at the Adolphus Hotel, David Reynolds doesn't look like a man who once sold two pizzas for $8,000. Then again, I'm not sure what such a person would look like. "It was the right price at that moment," he explained. "It was a good cause and neither…

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9/11 and the Foreclosure Crisis

9/11 and the Foreclosure Crisis

Scott Burns Feb 01, 2008

NEW YORK Trundling a suitcase and a computer bag in piercing cold I head into an office building on 55th Street I am immediately stopped by an array of security turnstiles and watchful guards One calls to confirm that I am actually scheduled to visit a particular person in a particular office…

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Unannounced but Real: An Energy Crisis

Unannounced but Real: An Energy Crisis

Scott Burns Jul 17, 2001

"What really startles me is that so few people realize how close we are to being out of energy capacity We seem to have two camps those who think we can never run out because there will always be more and those who think it doesn't really matter because energy is old economy In fact we may…

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A Few Words on the Emperor’s Clothes

A Few Words on the Emperor’s Clothes

Scott Burns Feb 25, 2011

At last Democrats and Republicans have something in common! Whether it is President Obama’s budget plan or the alternatives being offered by republicans both purport to reduce federal spending As you might expect the President’s budget cuts less than Republican alternatives but both are…

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Ten Lessons of the Long-Distance Runner

Ten Lessons of the Long-Distance Runner

Scott Burns Jan 01, 2010

I’ve been writing a newspaper column since January 1977 That’s 33 years 29 of them for syndication It has definitely not been the same year repeated 33 times But there are patterns And there are rules There are things that you need to do if you want to get by let alone do well So…

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Presidential Elections and the Stock Market

Presidential Elections and the Stock Market

Kennon Grose Oct 11, 2016

Americans will head to the polls in just a few weeks to elect the next President of the United States. The outcome is unknown, but one thing is certain: When news breaks and markets move, content-starved media is flush with talking heads musing on repercussions. A steady stream of opinions will…

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