Plunge Protection Team (PPT)

White House takes aim at derivative market
By Greg Robb — PPT says near-term top priority is to oversee successful implementation of central counterparty services for credit default swaps
Nov 14 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (MARKET WATCH/WSJ)

Justice League Or Plunge Protection Team?
By Bob O'Brien — Fact or fiction: market moves and the PPT, no longer just a conspiracy theory
Nov 28 2008, NEW YORK, USA (BARRON'S)

President’s Group Outlines OTC Changes
By Edward Hayes — PPT endorses idea of a central counterparty to stabilize the credit-default swap market
Nov 25 2008, NEW YORK, USA (CCH WALLSTREET.COM)

Saved by the Cabal!
By Simon Dumenco — Paging the President’s shadowy Plunge Protection Team
Jan 27 2008, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BLOOMBERG)

Private Profits, Socialized Risk

Democrats seek to lower expectations for bailout
By Ken Thomas — Bailout stalls for Detroit's Big Three automakers
Nov 19 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BLOOMBERG)

Frannie Bailout: Private Profit, Socialized Risk
By Matt Cooper — You can't have private profit and socialized risk. We've now seen the consequences.
Nov 28 2008, USA (SEEKING ALPHA)

Private Profits and Socialized Risk
By Report (PDF), Grant's Spring Investment Conference — Owners, employees and creditors rewarded on success, but taxpayers left on the hook if they fail
Apr 08 2008, USA (VALUE INVESTOR INSIGHT)

Congressional Oversight

What Does $700 Billion Buy Taxpayers?
By 'Fresh Air' Staff — Chairman of congressional oversight committee interview on use of bailout funds
Dec 10 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BLOOMBERG)

Bailout Monitor Sees Lack of a Coherent Plan
By Diana B. Henriques — Congress's bailout monitor says government still doesn't have a coherent strategy for easing crisis, despite billions spent
Dec 01 2008, NEW YORK, USA (NY TIMES)

How Lack of Government Regulation Caused Financial Meltdown
By L. K. Samuels — Financial meltdown due to the lack of regulations - that is, a lack of regulation ON government
Nov 29 2008, FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA, USA (NEWS BLAZE)

How Congress set the stage for a fiscal meltdown
By Ken Dilanian — Both parties in Congress played important roles in setting the stage for the ongoing financial meltdown
Oct `14 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (USA TODAY)

The Financial Meltdown: Congress Gets a Sudden Taste for Oversight
By Editorial Board — Is the sudden talk about oversight due to the prospect of facing angry voters back home?
Sep 23 2008, NEW YORK, USA (NY TIMES)

Democrats Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam
By CSPAN2 Video — At a 2004 hearing, see Democrat after Democrat covering up and attacking the regulations to protect Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
2004, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (YOUTUBE)

SEC Oversight

Rating Agencies Under Review for Downgrade
By Tom Sullivan — Major SEC action is needed to reform the Big Three rating agencies
Nov 29 2008, NEW YORK, USA (BARRONS)

The SEC Scandal You Don’t Read About in the Papers
By Mark Mitchell — The corrupt SEC being allowed to adjudicate its own corruption
Nov 12 2008, NEW YORK, USA (DEEP CAPTURE)

Our Engineered Meltdown: SEC Evidence
By Gary J. Aguirre — Evidence of foreknowledge the crisis management team knew a crash was coming and allowed it to happen, from SEC Whistleblower
Oct 13 2008, USA (GAMING THE MARKET.COM)

SEC's Oversight of Bear Sterns and Related Entities
By U.S. SEC Office of Inspector General — IG report severely criticizes the SEC for lax oversight of Bear Stearns and, implicitly, other financial institutions (PDF)
Sep 25 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (.GOV)

Does Short-selling Need the SEC's Oversight?
By Knowledge@Wharton — SEC's new rules focus on the borrowing of shares, OR "naked shorts"
Jul 23 2008, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA (BLOOMBERG)

U.S. Treasury Oversight

Alan Greenspan vs. Ayn Rand and Freedom
By Harry Binswanger — Greenspan - Ayn Rand connection made decades ago now being used to blacken her name and ideas
Nov 07 2008, FREEPORT, BAHAMAS (CAPITALISM MAGAZINE)

Meltdown 101: What does the Treasury secretary do?
By News Staff — A look at the job and some of the challenges Paulson will face while managing the largest financial bailout in history
Nov 04 2008, NEW YORK, USA (PORTFOLIO.COM)

Dirty Secret Of The Bailout: Thirty-Two Words That None Dare Utter
By Jason Linkins — "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable" in Mother of all Bailouts
Sep 22 2008, USA (HUFFINGTON POST)

Financial Meltdown: U.S. Treasury Regulatory Reform Proposals: Hapless, Helpless, Hopeless
By Richard C. Cook — Treasury has failed miserably in its mission
Mar 31 2008, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA (GLOBAL RESEARCH)

Fiscal Policy

Can the US economy afford a Keynesian stimulus?
By Willem Buiter — The Keynesian fallacy compounds three errors
Jan 05 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FINANCIAL TIMES)

How fiscal, monetary policies worsened the meltdown
By Robert Genetski — Understanding the role of monetary and fiscal policy in the current crisis is particularly important for containing the damage from this point forward
Nov 13 2008, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA (HEARTLAND INSTITUTE)

More Panic
By John H. Makin — The appropriate roles for monetary and fiscal policy after a financial collapse
Oct 31 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE)

The Global Effects of U.S. Fiscal Policy
By Kimberly Flood — Global macroeconomic implications of the expiration of major tax cuts in the U.S. and expected increases in entitlement program expenditures (PDF)
May 2008, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA (BANK OF CANADA)

Monetary and Fiscal Policy
By Christopher Conte for U.S. Department of State — An Outline of the U.S. Economy
Feb 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (.GOV)

Montetary Policy and Fiscal Policy Links
By News Staff — A collection of links to many good information websites
2008, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (ROGERS ECONOMIC.COM)

Fanny & Freddie

U.S. Rethinks Roles of Fannie, Freddie
By James R. Hagerty — America's $11 trillion home-mortgage market is heading for a makeover
Dec 02 2008, NEW YORK, USA (WALL STREET JOURNAL)

Fannie Mae gets 3rd CFO in 3 months
By News Staff — The CFO role has been in flux over the past few months at Washington, D.C.-based Fannie Mae
Nov 26 2008, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE)

Fannie, Freddie to halt foreclosures over holidays
By Wallace Witkowski — Fannie, Freddie will temporarily suspend foreclosures on occupied homes through Jan 9th
Nov 21 2008, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA (WJF MARKETWATCH)

Taxpayers may pay legal bills for mortgage execs
By Matt Apuzzo — Taxpayers may be on the hook for millions of dollars in legal bills for Fannie, Freddie execs
Nov 06 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (AP)

Freddie, Fannie Failure Could Be World `Catastrophe,'
By Kevin Hamlin — Freddie, Fannie failure could be a catastrophe for the global financial system says former adviser to China's central bank
Aug 22 2008, BEIJING, CHINA (BLOOMBERG)

Auto Industry

Krugman: Concentration of US Auto Industry will Probably Disappear
By News Staff — Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Sunday that the beleaguered U.S. auto industry will likely disappear
Dec 07 2008, NEW YORK, USA (HUFFINGTON POST)

SUVs at altar, Detroit church prays for a bailout
By Krolicki & Kim — One of Detroit's largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for Congress to bail out the struggling auto industry.
Dec 07 2008, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA (REUTERS)

My Way Not the Highway
By Bob Franken — Suddenly humble US auto industry executives sing the blues about broken economy
Dec 05 2008, NEW YORK, USA (HUFFINGTON POST)

Chrysler exec: Failure could spark depression
By Julia Herschfeld Davis — Top Chrysler executive warned Wednesday that a carmaker collapse could send the economy spiraling into a depression
Dec 03 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BREITBART)

Ford Motor Company Business Plan submitted to the Senate Banking Committee
By News Staff — Ford doesn't need cash -- but the banking system they rely on does (PDF)
Dec 02 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BLOOMBERG)

Other Industries & Sectors

Olmsted Falls school district wants a bailout, too
By Joe Milicia — Financially ailing Ohio school district has joined the ranks of banks and automakers clamoring for a portion of the $700 billion economic bailout package.
Dec 03 2008, CLEVELAND, OHIO, USA (OHIO.COM)

International Montary Fund & World Bank

World Bank forecasts grim 2009
By Hugues Honore — World Bank has painted a grim picture of the global economy in 2009
Dec 10 2008, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (BUSINESS DAY)

Western leaders stay away from UN Doha aid meeting
By Amran Abocar — IMF steers clear of U.N. conference on financing for future development
Nov 28 2008, DOHA, QATAR (REUTERS)

Oiling the meltdown
By Sherine Abdel-Razek — Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) not optimistic after IMF's quarterly economic Outlook (Sep 2008) predicted moderate growth
Nov 27 2008, CAIRO, EGYPT (AL AHRAM.ORG)

Building a Better Global Financial System
By News Staff — Proposal implicitly lumps the World Bank together with the International Monetary Fund
Nov 12 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BROOKINGS)

IMF in global 'meltdown' warning
By News Staff — The world financial system is teetering on the "brink of systemic meltdown", warns IMF head
Oct 12 2008, USA (BBC)

The 2007 Meltdown in Structured Securitization: Searching for lessons, not scapegoats
By Caprio, Demirguc-Kunt & Kane — Looking for root causes of the meltdown rather than scapegoat explanations used in policy circles
Sep 05 2008, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BLOOMBERG)

Decade After Meltdown IMF Less Relevant in Asia
By Share the World's Resources — IMF gets cold stares for its participation in the last Asian meltdown
Jul 07 2007, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (STWR.ORG)

Bretton Woods

The U.S. won’t stomach a new Bretton Woods
By Diana Furchtgott-Roth — America is unlikely to give up control over its financial sector
Nov 14 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (REUTERS)

Fresh impetus behind call for 'new Bretton Woods'
By Philippe Naughton — Gordon Brown calls for a new Bretton Woods
Oct 13 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (TIMES)

LaRouche’s New Bretton Woods Monetary System
By The Schiller Institute — Reorganize the Bankrupt Financial System, Rebuild the Economy with “American Sytem” Measures
2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (SCHILLER INSTITUTE.ORG)

The G-20

Phase IV of the Global Systemic crisis: Breakdown of the Global Monetary System by summer 2009
By Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin — Three visions of future global governance, dividing world’s largest players (United-States, Eurozone, China, Japan, Russia, Brazil) by spring 2009
Nov 17 2008, EUROPE (GEAB)

Not a bad weekend’s work
By News Staff — G20 meeting: the centre of global economic summitry has shifted from the G7 to a broader group
Nov 16 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (THE ECONOMIST)

The G-20’s Secret Debt Solution
By Larry Edelson — G-20 meeting may mean the revaluation of gold and the birth of an entirely new monetary system
Nov 13 2008, JUPITER, FLORIDA, USA (MONEY & MARKETS)

The World’s Expanding Top Table
By Paul Taylor — G-20 brings world’s top leadership to table from Asia, Africa and Latin America to help rescue global economy
Nov 11 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (REUTERS)

Moral Hazard

Ornstein on the Economy's Moral Hazard Meltdown
By Norman Ornstein — Two key words have been largely missing from the debate over our financial crisis: moral hazard
Oct 08 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (NEW REPUBLIC)

Insider Joins Critics of the Fed, Faulting Credit-Crisis Programs
By Greg IP — Richmond’s Lacker Amplifies Volcker; Moral Hazard Fears
Jun 06 2008, USA (BLOOMBERG)

The Moral Hazard of Subprime Risk
By Christopher Whalen — Moral hazard amongst the unholy alliance between the real estate, mortgage lending and securities industries
Nov 12 2007, USA (SEEKING ALPHA)