Topic: Richard Sylla

The Volcker Rule Explained

SmartMoney - 695 days ago
This week, Sen. Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) introduced a new version of financial reform legislation intended to prevent future financial crises by putting new limits on banks and creating a Financial Stability Oversight Council. com spoke with Professor Richard Sylla of New ...

Obama's Bank Curbs: What Economists Say

SmartMoney - 750 days ago
President Obama's proposal to place new limits on financial institutions may have been as popular on Main Street as it was unpopular on Wall Street, but what was the reaction from those who take a broader view than consumers and day ...

The Economic History of Interest

SeekingAlpha - 1142 days ago
This book is a testimony to the idea that history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Roughly one-quarter of the book goes from ancient times to 1800, and one quarter to the 19th century to 2005. The economic cycle across ...

Party rifts return over economic jump-start

Las Vegas Sun - 1212 days ago
Dems want domestic spending package; GOP support far from a lock WASHINGTON With rising joblessness and households teetering on the edge of the financial abyss, Congress is seriously considering another economic stimulus to jump-start the economy and get money flowing to folks ...

Gov't bailouts common, but effectiveness debatable

AP News - 1233 days ago
$700B financial rescue plan is most costly in long line of bailouts with debatable successThe stock market plummets, investors pull out money and loans dry up, triggering global financial turmoil. Enter the government, buying up bad mortgages and other problem assets.This ...