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Banking Crisis: Part 2 – Obama, American History, and Regional Capital Markets
Posted by: Don Shaffer RSF Social Finance October 10th, 2009I would encourage you to read the recent interview of President Obama in the New York Times magazine. (Full interview, click here.) The first part of the interview is entitled “The Future of Finance.” The President has some encouraging things to say, but I can’t help feeling disappointed in the overall tone and substance of [...]
Banking Crisis: Part 1 – Too Big to Fail?
Posted by: Don Shaffer RSF Social Finance October 2nd, 2009Recently I read some stimulating pieces that I’d like to share with you, the first of which was written by economist James K. Galbraith as a statement before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services. (Full statement, click here.) I believe Mr. Galbraith really hits his stride in section number three, titled: “The [...]
What Would Local Living Economies Look Like?
Posted by: Don Shaffer RSF Social Finance October 2nd, 2009I recently came across the following article on a de-centralized United States in the Wall Street Journal by author Paul Starobin. First of all, it was fascinating to find this kind of piece in the Journal, though it speaks to the article’s point that the desire for a more distributed, place-based political life is of growing [...]
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