Take a nice long look at this composite photo of the members of the Senate "Super Committee" on our country's debt. See anything unusual about this crew that's been tasked with saving us another $1.5 trillion over the next decade? I guess it depends on your point of view, but this crowd looks an awful [...]
As I'm getting getting ready for my Mom 2.0 panel today, I wanted to leave you with some good reading for the weekend. What better way than to recommend a few Mothers of Intention?! One of my favorite economy gurus is my fellow MOMocrat Cyn. She has a great post this week entitled, 10 Things [...]
As I ponder stories about Elizabeth Warren, the head of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel, as well as the almost simultaneous creation and tearing down of the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, I was reminded of this post I wrote a year ago about how things might be different if our testosterone-laden financial services industry [...]
There's been plenty written about the banks, mortgages, Tim Geithner, AIG and other esoteric aspects of why our world economy is in the tank. So you might be a little recession-fatigued when it comes to news coverage. But bear with me. There are some stories you should see that might actually make a difference for [...]
I know you might be wondering what glue I’ve been sniffing to wonder aloud about what our economic recovery could look like if “women’s work” was valued in the way men’s always has been. I don’t mean the stereotypical world of motherhood and careers limited to nursing and teaching. I mean the work of all [...]
I don't practice law anymore, but after having contract law in my head for over 15 years, there are still a few tidbits bouncing around in there. Maybe I'd be better off if that wasn't the case, because then this whole crapola story about AIG not being able to get out of paying $165 million [...]
OK, I'm too sick to put together the rest of the analogy, but even when I'm feeling all head-achey and chilled, actually lying on the sofa with the afghan keeping me as warm as possible, it's hard to let go of the laptop.Really. I'm just kind of geeky that way. Last night as I was [...]
Lots of good stuff this morning!Sarah Palin is getting testier in an interview with Esquire magazine about those of us she calls "bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie." Just when you thought you were out, she pulls you back in!Confirmation hearings are getting underway this morning for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder and Homeland Security [...]
Two months ago, I was wondering here and at The Huffington Post what would have happened if a really smart woman on the economic and securities front had been listened to and hadn't been railroaded by "the guys." Today, I saw this at The Daily Beast .... Hmmm. Seem familiar??Even though I worked at the [...]
Dear Congress,Have I got a deal for you!The CEOs of the big three automakers keep asking for billions of dollars in handouts and "emergency bridge loans" from you, well, actually from me and about 300 million others like me. I can see both sides of the bail-out vs. Chapter 11 bankruptcy argument, so I'm not [...]
Just when I think I can't write anymore about the sexist attitudes that pervade our world, someone else surprises me with something I can't let go.Check out the comments made by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell about Homeland Security Secretary-designate and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. We have not come a long way, baby.Turns out we've been [...]
I'm not an economist, and I don't play one on TV. But regardless of what the likes of Senator Saxby Chambliss and George Will have to say, it's clear we are still on a downward trend with the economy, and no one can see the bottom of that pit just yet.How do I know if [...]
One question that keeps getting asked, but really hasn't been answered has been, " If the government is so willing to bail-out Wall Street, where is the help for Main Street?"I think the problem is that Main Street doesn't give a lot of money to campaigns and or lobbyists.Citigroup? According to OpenSecrets, in 2008 Citigroup [...]
Another weekend, another bailout. Did you see this one coming with Citigroup?Barack Obama's economic team gets announced today at noon.Howard Kurtz apparently has a thing for Michelle Obama's arms.You thought I was crazy raising the specter of the Michelle Obama and Mommy Wars? Looks like it's just getting started.Michael Milken wants a presidential pardon. Remember [...]
Looking for me? I'm over at MOMocrats today with some thoughts on the Big Three automakers.Can you say 'stupid and shortsighted?'Yeah, I said it -- stupidity and shortsightedness. What else can you say about companies who have put their collective heads in the sand and ignored the demand of consumers for smaller, more fuel efficient [...]
The short answer is, "NO!"Karoli at Bang the Drum has written a great post on why you shouldn't listen to this line from the GOP:... if you follow news about 401k plans, you might find some pretty scary headlines like this one or this one, where the writers contend that the Democrats want to take [...]
No, I'm not talking about the big 5-0 this week.I'm talking about the stock market, my blood pressure and now the heartburn I'm feeling over where we are in this crazy, messed up economic world we're living in. It turns out I'm not the only one having a lot of tsurris over this.There's so much [...]
No, I'm not talking about the big 5-0 this week.I'm talking about the stock market, my blood pressure and now the heartburn I'm feeling over where we are in this crazy, messed up economic world we're living in. It turns out I'm not the only one having a lot of tsurris over this.There's so much [...]
Even though I worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission for a number of years, trying to explain things like derivatives was never my strong suit. I got the whole concept of futures trading when I took my Agricultural Law class in law school (my farmer dad was VERY proud when I aced that puppy!), [...]
Even though I worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission for a number of years, trying to explain things like derivatives was never my strong suit. I got the whole concept of futures trading when I took my Agricultural Law class in law school (my farmer dad was VERY proud when I aced that puppy!), [...]
Over the summer, I took eight-year-old PunditGirl to see the Meet Kit, American Girl movie.For the uninitiated, Kit is the Depression-era girl whose dad loses his job, moves away to look for work and the family ends up taking in boarders and keeping chickens to sell eggs to make ends meet.While there are light-hearted moments, [...]
Over the summer, I took eight-year-old PunditGirl to see the Meet Kit, American Girl movie.For the uninitiated, Kit is the Depression-era girl whose dad loses his job, moves away to look for work and the family ends up taking in boarders and keeping chickens to sell eggs to make ends meet.While there are light-hearted moments, [...]
