Two topics caught my eye this morning. The first is a piece from the NY Times on nepotism between Wall Street, especially Goldman Sachs, and Washington:
The Guys From ‘Government Sachs’ - [NY Times]
This of course is nothing new. There is a long history of incestuous relationships between lobbying, big businesses, Wall Street, and Washington. This [...]
Stratfor discusses the various government plans recently put in place or in the works:
The question therefore is how to get financial institutions to trust each other again when they feel they have no reason to do so. The solution is to have someone trustworthy guarantee the loan. The eurozone solution announced Oct. 12 was straightforward. [...]
Let’s take a break from the financial doom and gloom and economic meltdown before our eyes. Let’s turn our attention instead to… something just as depressing: geopolitics and state-sponsored terrorism.
From the Stratfor Terrorism Weekly newsletter:
Beyond the Post-9/11 World
October 8, 2008
By Reva Bhalla
One day after 9/11, U.S. President George W. Bush declared a global “war on [...]
This blog was started right around the time that the Financial Meltdown 2008 was getting into full swing, and I realized today that almost everything I’ve posted so far has pertained to that topic. However, my goal in starting this blog was to cover other events and topics as well, such as geopolitics, international affairs, [...]
