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The Meltdown Lowdown

New Abuses in Old Forms
Big private-equity companies, which are largely unregulated, are hungry to take over failed banks.
August 13, 2009 | By Robert Kuttner | web only

Who Regulates the Regulators?
Obama's far-reaching proposal for financial regulations is a mixed bag -- can Congress improve the project?
June 19, 2009 | By Tim Fernholz | web only

Plunder and Blunder: A Roundtable, Part Two
Part two of a two-part discussion of Dean Baker's new book, Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of The Bubble Economy.
January 29, 2009 | By Dean Baker, Eileen Appelbaum, Josh Bivens, Ezra Klein and Danilo Pelletiere | web only

Plunder and Blunder: A Roundtable
Part one of a two-part discussion of Dean Baker's new book, Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of The Bubble Economy.
January 27, 2009 | By Dean Baker, Eileen Appelbaum, Josh Bivens, Ezra Klein and Danilo Pelletiere | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 19)
The ostensibly anti-earmark McCain picks earmark-loving Palin, employment and nonresidential construction are down, and oil prices plunge.
September 4, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 18)
Newsflash! Giving tax breaks to the rich doesn't create jobs, it looks like recession time, and more tales of dumb executives
August 21, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 17)
McCain supports privatizing social security, The Washington Post is in denial about the housing bubble, and Wall Street jobs are now being outsourced.
August 14, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 16)
Economic growth and employment turn out to be lower than we thought, liberals miss an opportunity on oil drilling, and why does John McCain think real men have flat tires?
August 8, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 15)
The deficit is not at record levels, housing prices continue to fall, and McCain correctly suggests cutting executive pay at Fannie and Freddie.
July 31, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 14)
McCain's offshore drilling plan is designed to support his campaign, not lower gas prices, and bailing out Fannie and Freddie could cost $100 billion.
July 24, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 13)
Inflation surges, Fannie and Freddie get away with reckless incompetence, and Obama proposes a subsidy for tax accountants.
July 17, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 13)
McCain advocates balancing the budget with magic, Greenspan is either a liar or a fool, and government lenders sag under the weight of bad mortgages.
July 10, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 12)
The Times confuses the stock market and the economy and worries about a shortage of Europeans while McCain only claims to want to hold economists accountable.
July 3, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

Does the Housing Bubble Have to Pop?
Congress is currently debating the Dodd-Frank bill, which would provide relief for struggling homeowners. But does the bill offer the most efficient solution to the housing crisis?
June 27, 2008 | By Dean Baker and Robert Kuttner | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown (No. 11)
Airline CEOs have some odd ideas about customer service, Exxon gets a break from the Supreme Court, and many middle aged families have very little savings.
June 27, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 10)
A Chinese central banker makes some very odd complaints, Wall Street bankers got bonuses for profits that we now know were bogus, and McCain doesn't understand what cap-and-trade means.
June 19, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 9)
The average homeowner owes more and more, why renters are the ones accumulating wealth, and why we shouldn't want a strong dollar.
June 12, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 8)
This week in economic news: House prices continue to plummet, speculation is probably not to blame for high gas prices, and new corruption is exposed in the mortgage industry.
May 29, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown
(No. 6)
Barney Frank's bailout would mainly benefit banks, stimulus checks provide little stimulus, and the benefits of higher prices from China.
May 15, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

The Meltdown Lowdown (No. 5)
Hillary Clinton's curious stance on the gas tax, adventures in JohnCare, and sub-prime analysts look to the past in order to misread the future.
May 8, 2008 | By Dean Baker | web only

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