Here is a myth: During our debate last week, in a reference to the following depiction of political ideology (by Jesse) Chakravarthy said, “Hitler is a leftist. Socialist is in his party’s name.” My immediate reaction to Chakravarthy’s comment was to laugh out loud. I won’t let these kinds of myths and assertions to pass […]
Let us pause for a moment on the virtues of free markets, progressivism etc. There is more fundamental problem in this country: the rise of fundamentalist cult and racism. There are a lot of crazies trolling around on the streets of America. Some of them are racists disguised as ‘tea bagging patriots.’ For them losing […]
Ladies and gentlemen, this is what speaking truth to the power looks like. Watch William Black’s congressional testimony. While he was ripping Lehman, Fuld was sitting right next to him. This testimony is for the history books.
Adam Smith and Karl Marx are two thinkers that shaped the post-monarchical political framework for the societies. More on these origins later… [Edited inset: I have long argued that communism fell because it tried to restrain one of the basic instincts of human beings – that is, “to be selfish.” During the go-go bubble years […]
Watch this news and tell me if you have any faith in the traditional news channels. By faith, I mean, if you trust them to provide any breaking investigative news that is useful for people. Hey Brian – I love your sense of humor. I know you don’t like blog culture. Why would you? I […]
A complicated story is better understood with a rightly constructed analogy. Goldman’s selling CDOs and shorting them at the same time might be too complicated for some. If you are one of them, just follow these two great analogies. Mystery solved! First Dylan Ratigan’s car manufacturer analogy: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and […]
President Clinton chimed in about his administration’s failure to regulate derivatives and restrain Wall Street’s reckless behavior. In that video bit, he essentially said, “It is not my fault. Even if I tried to do something, Republicans would have blocked anyway. Furthermore, Bush made it worse.” The last two lines are essentially true. But, my […]
This video is from July 2009. The guy doesn’t mince any words. Goldman and more. Just listen to him. I agree with him all the way. I won’t use the language he uses. Still… ఇతగాడి తిట్లు నాకెందుకో శ్రవణానoదకరముగా నున్నవి.
I was excited to hear this news this morning. However, I am not fully convinced that even a tiny fraction of their fraud is brought to light. This is a bit late, but a decent start. However, I don’t think this doesn’t make any dent in GS. Furthermore, Obama admin may be playing politics here. […]
There is a lot to discuss on this subject. For lack of time, I was not able to participate in the discussion started by Sandeep. Here is an excellent depiction of the complicated political and economic continuum, which some see in black-and white. What do I mean by “black and white?” “Government is not the […]
Recall my interview with Nalamotu Chakravarthy about our ‘glorious Telugu roots?’ Well, this is a follow-up to that. Chakravarthy Nalamotu’s recent post, “Why I sell my book?” got my attention. Two noteworthy things that speak a lot about the title of his post: Some people have the gall to ask him that question; What speaks […]
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Early in September 2008, McCain campaign was sitting pretty with the momentum generated by the vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. It sure looked like McCain was going to be our next president. Looking back at that fateful September (fateful for McCain) one can say three things destroyed his campaign. His totally clueless statement in the […]
Remember the pet-rock fad? People were stupid enough to buy those “pet-rocks.” Surprisingly, the business itself was legitimate. There is another ‘legitimate’ business, which is essentially fraud: several for-profit universities in USA! Online education by the ‘for-profit universities’ is the next biggest fraud to be exposed. These schools are businesses. They sell “degrees.” Nothing appears […]
Greenspud was on the hill today and tried to distance himself from any responsibility for helping the banks rob you in the broad daylight.[Via NY Times] In his testimony, an unflinching Alan Greenspan fended off a barrage of questions about the Fed’s failure to crack down on subprime mortgages and other abusive lending practices during […]
Dylan Ratigan gave a 6 1/2 min summary of how banks pocketed $121 bil of your money in bonuses from 2000-2006. He compared the banks to mob and Alan Greenspan to the God Father. Then he talked to Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida and Bill Fleckenstein about this crisis. I agree with both Grayson and […]
