Posts Tagged ‘financial crisis’

Capital and Risk-Sharing: Smart Crisis Fighting Tools That Should Be Used Much More

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

I’m glad to see the government is finally using 2 “smart” tools – capital and risk sharing –  to help address the financial institution panic and resulting failures we have seen since earlier in 2008 which have seriously escalated the financial and economic crisis facing the US and global economies today. While these tools don’t comprehensively address the myriad of financial and economic issues facing the US or the world today, they:

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A suggestion for addressing the root-cause of this financial crisis….from a (humble) Banker who has experienced it firsthand

Monday, October 13th, 2008

One of the fundamental reforms that is nowhere to be seen on the horizon…that I believe is absolutely critical to addressing one of the key root causes of the current crisis of confidence in the global financial markets is the lack of any significant education on the topic of personal finances and money management in middle/high school and college curriculums worldwide, including in the US.

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