Posts tagged ‘Federal Reserve Bank’

Robert Pollin: Economic Outlook for 2013

by , posted on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 at 10:34 pm

from The Real News Network

With austerity policies in Europe and the USA and slow down in China and India, 2013 needs innovative policies or more recession is likely

Robert Pollin is the Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute and Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

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Will Obama, the Fed’s QE3 or Romney’s “Smaller Government” Create Jobs?

by , posted on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 at 11:12 am

from The Real News Network

Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin (authors of The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire): As long as effective demand remains low and banks demand austerity to protect their assets, the crisis will deepen.

Part Two: The Crisis and Who Has the Power

Major structural change or effective short term reforms requires addressing democratic decision making starting with making banks a public utility.

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QE3 Another Fed Give Away to the Banks

by , posted on Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 at 11:04 am

from The Real News Network

Michael Hudson (Department of Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City, and author of The Bubble and Beyond): Shoveling money to the banks not meant to create jobs, it’s a way to give banks even more speculative capital and prepare them for another meltdown.

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The Fed and the Crisis

by , posted on Sunday, September 16th, 2012 at 8:31 am

from The Real News Network

A commentary by Jane D’Arista assessing the actions of the Federal Reserve in managing the economic crisis.

Second part of Jane D’Arista commentary on the role of the US Federal Reserve in managing the crisis of global capitalism .

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