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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:58 PM Original message |
Geithner's Plan "Extremely Dangerous," Economist Galbraith Says |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. k/r |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well. There it is. |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Sachs, Krugman, Galbraith hate it. Wall Street loves it. Which side you on? |
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Coffee and Cake (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
88. And Stiglitz reject it, but Obama fans love it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
75. Deleted message |
Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Waiting for the Obama fanatics to attack Galbraith |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The article isn't by Galbraith, it's by Henry Blodget. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Galbraith on Video saying Gaithner Plan Bad-Yahoo Finance has it. nt |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. *That's* what I'm looking for. Thanks! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
71. it is just incredible |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
77. But Galbraith is DEAD! |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Did you watch the video at the link? |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
76. And Galbraith has been DEAD since 2006 !! |
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camera obscura (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. He must be a PUMA! |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
70. attacks aren't from Obama fanatics, they're from paid fanatics |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think you should rewrite your title. This isn't Galbraith, this is Henry Blodget |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. The headline is correct. Blodgett is relating his conversation with Galbraith. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Blodgett is borrowing credibility from Galbraith. |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
80. But Galbraith is dead!! |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
78. Where/when did this interview take place?? |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. The dead one had a son by the same name, also a prominent economist nt |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Yes, but how many are deceived |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 04:25 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. None here that follow the discussions regularly |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. I didn't write the headline. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. He NAILS it. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Where do you get the figure that our debt is 100% of our GDP? |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Many places. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Ahhh, you're talking about household debt %, not national debt% |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Actually, total debt, public and private is 100% higher than in the years |
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LeftHandPath (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. You're spot on! |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
61. What if solving the temporary credit liquidity issue is attached to something else? |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. i agree, the experts keep saying that we have to let it fall so it |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. Truman-Eisenhower years equal to current years |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Soon to be seen on DU: Galbraith, idiot 'economist', is dead to us. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. With regard to that comment title, it's so sad and oh so true. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. And the number of SHEEPLE here.. |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. What is so dangerous about "our good executives" cleaning up with bonuses playing with taxpayer .... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Good guys like former executives of Countrywide? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. there is not one economist of merit I have read who likes this |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. I sincerely hope that this all ends with Obama |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Bad assets are "bad" because ... |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. People to Obama: Drop Geithner |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wrong !! |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Personal, Corporate, State & Local, and National debt wasn't anywhere near what it is today |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. As any philosopher will tell you - non sequitur. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. How? nt |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. You are wrong. Please check it out. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. If I take out a 15-yr home loan for $150K on an income of $50K, I'm in bad shape? |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Larry Summers, is that you? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. But all this post is doing is reasserting the falsehood.. |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Read the post again. It does NOT say that. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. What does the loan modification program.. |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Gone mad, girl?? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Cram downs are unrelated to TALF. |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Surely you jest. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Actually, the cramdown bill is already in the Senate. |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. And you worked in the industry, too ?? |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
81. Galbraith said NOTHING. He is DEAD!! |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. James Galbraith is very much alive. His father, John, is dead. |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hey, want to have some fun? Post this in GD:P. |
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Sebass1271 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
29. I don't understand, what do all these economists |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Emotional investment |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Krugman is an enemy of the people. n/t |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. they want to put the failed big banks into receivership |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. have you actually read Stiglitz, Krugman and Galbreith? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
59. Good solutions abound. |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
82. "what gives with you people" |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. I Have a Brilliant Solution of What To Do With Toxic Debt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. Positive Comments on the Geithner Toxic Plan |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. If People are Going to Disagree with Krugman and Others like Galbraith |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Some other points of view |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. thank you |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. thank you |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #58 |
67. you owe me a new keyboard |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. lol |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. Galbraith is an enemy of the people. n/t |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. His dad was, too.. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. They are kulaks and counterrevolutionaries. n/t |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
56. The banks don't know the market value as well. |
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SlowDownFast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
62. Check this out: |
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SlowDownFast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
63. Mish doesn't like it either: |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
64. Best part in the video - when the anchors ask "but wasn't the plan the ONLY thing to do?" |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
65. Not as dangerous as Chris Cox was... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
69. My feeling is that it will be effective. |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
73. You are SOOO fundamentally dishonest !! |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Er, uh.... |
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galloglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Yes. Exactly my point !! |
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aldo (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
74. Geithner is also incredibly stupid and arrogant, asserting that no Plan B is needed, that |
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C......N......C (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
89. Because we have nothing to sell to earn money. |
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