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Wall Street’s latest sucker: Your hometown
Financial pressures have pushed cities and states to look for ways to save a buck, and into the arms of Wall Street hucksters. FORTUNE — When it comes to Wall Street scandals these days you can… more →
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Giving Your Local Government The Twinkie Treatment?
wrote 2 weeks ago: Those wonderful people who brought Hostess Brands, Inc. to its knees and left the country bereft of … more →
From Forbes: 'Is It Time To Let The City Of Detroit Go Bankrupt?'
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wrote 3 months ago: Full piece here. Micheline Maynard has a good roundup at the link. It’s not looking good for … more →
City Bankruptcies on the Rise
wrote 9 months ago: It wasn’t the first California city to go belly-up, but Stockton made history in June when it … more →
Cheap Credit, Bad Investments
wrote 9 months ago: Matt Yglesias thinks that there is no sovereign debt crisis, but rather that the world is largely in … more →
'The Biggest Financial Fraud In History'?
wrote 10 months ago: The news on Wednesday that cities and states are suing some of the world’s largest banks ove … more →
Wall Street's latest sucker: Your hometown
wrote 10 months ago: Financial pressures have pushed cities and states to look for ways to save a buck, and into the arms … more →
Can Somebody Clone Scott Walker?
wrote 10 months ago: Few are now unaware of our profligate federal government’s debts and continued spending of bor … more →
Municipal Debt Bombs: The Other Source Of Fiscal Collapse
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wrote 11 months ago: Leave it to El Numero Uno Conservative On Fire–aka, Jim–to remind us of yet another enor … more →
Collingswood Redevelopment Moving Forward After Debt Upgrade
wrote 11 months ago: Moody’s recently lifted Collingswood out of the junk-pile when it upgraded their credit rating … more →
Election in North Rhine-Westphalia: A state mired in debt
wrote 1 year ago: Urban decay and municipal debt are among the most pressing issues in the upcoming state election in … more →
The Municipal Bond Bomb!
wrote 1 year ago: I havent spoken of this alot but everyone looks at the U.S. Federal Debt and is worried, as they sho … more →
Thought The Recession Was Over?
wrote 1 year ago: Would the Bread Line of our Generation have smiling faces? Received this from a friend…thanks … more →
10 signs of impending municipal debt crisis DOOM!
wrote 1 year ago: End of the American Dream, via Blacklisted News.com: As a nation, we did not have to get absolutely … more →
Time to Shrink the Government
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wrote 1 year ago: While I’ve always liked Ted Amsden the photographer, I’m starting to really love Ted Ams … more →
MF Global - A Fractal In A Frying Pan
wrote 1 year ago: Gerald Celente, in an interview with Russia Today, claims he cannot access his PM trading account or … more →
Seattle Times: Rush to prevent Wenatchee arena default
wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a news story worth watching. Seattle Times reporter Andrew Garber explains why the stat … more →
Muni Downgrade-to-Upgrade Ratio Highest in 3 Years, Moodys Says
wrote 1 year ago: Downgrades of municipal debt outpaced upgrades in the third quarter by the largest margin since the … more →
Finding the right balance
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wrote 1 year ago: I appreciate that understanding municipal finance is challenging. As much as we try to draw analogi … more →
TEA Party Rockwall - The Role of Government
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wrote 1 year ago: The Roll of Municipal Government Why Do We Elect You? Let’s start with what we do not want. We didn’ … more →
