Comments on: Too big to fail? http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/2009/12/01/too-big-to-fail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=too-big-to-fail Think Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:45:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Obama digging deeper | Moonage Political Webdream http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/2009/12/01/too-big-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-25855 Obama digging deeper | Moonage Political Webdream Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:48:40 +0000 http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/?p=2803#comment-25855 [...] on the surprise pounding Obama’s candidate took in Massachusetts, Obama unleashed his fury on banks, again.  Apparently the message wasn’t received.  I thought it was funny when Robert Gibbs blamed [...] [...] on the surprise pounding Obama’s candidate took in Massachusetts, Obama unleashed his fury on banks, again.  Apparently the message wasn’t received.  I thought it was funny when Robert Gibbs blamed [...]

]]> By: Moonage http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/2009/12/01/too-big-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-25827 Moonage Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:28:17 +0000 http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/?p=2803#comment-25827 It takes some getting used to for me to get past the "Esquire" label. Never took them as a financial source. Once I did, it's an excellent article. I'm not sure how many people actually recgognized the fact Krugman seems clueless as to what happened. But the fact he's got the ear of the President disturbs me. I can see a man-crush with Jamie Dimon. Not sure I agree with his end-game, but the very simple fact he seems very aware of what is going on and why, impresses me. It takes some getting used to for me to get past the “Esquire” label. Never took them as a financial source. Once I did, it’s an excellent article. I’m not sure how many people actually recgognized the fact Krugman seems clueless as to what happened. But the fact he’s got the ear of the President disturbs me.

I can see a man-crush with Jamie Dimon. Not sure I agree with his end-game, but the very simple fact he seems very aware of what is going on and why, impresses me.

]]> By: FJ http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/2009/12/01/too-big-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-25824 FJ Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:33:05 +0000 http://politics.moonagewebdream.com/?p=2803#comment-25824 We have another similarity in "always disagreeing" with Krugman. I don't know why he thought "Lehman brought the world to the brink". Read this brilliant article, profiling our ex-boss from BarCap (not sure if you are following, as of yesterday, we are now BlackRock!), and one can reasonably conclude that "Lehman did NOT bring the world to the brink": http://www.esquire.com/print-this/barclays-deal-of-the-century-1009-2 I think my 2nd man-crush, Jamie Dimon puts it best: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/1130/power-09-worlds-powerful-people-jpmorgan-chase-master-banker.html "I think America is an incredibly entrepreneurial, innovative, strong, vibrant, go-getter country," he says. "But I fear in the spirit of doing good we could create a weed of bureaucracy that could wind around our ankles and necks." Dimon says he hoped the crisis would create an opportunity "to streamline, strengthen and simplify our spaghetti regulatory system." Instead, he says, "we are making it more complicated and more litigious, which, over time, I think will be more damaging to our country." Our governments (local and federal collectively) can't even operate an efficient public transportation system like the London's tube ..... how can they do anything good with banks or healthcare? We have another similarity in “always disagreeing” with Krugman. I don’t know why he thought “Lehman brought the world to the brink”.

Read this brilliant article, profiling our ex-boss from BarCap (not sure if you are following, as of yesterday, we are now BlackRock!), and one can reasonably conclude that “Lehman did NOT bring the world to the brink”:
http://www.esquire.com/print-this/barclays-deal-of-the-century-1009-2

I think my 2nd man-crush, Jamie Dimon puts it best:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/1130/power-09-worlds-powerful-people-jpmorgan-chase-master-banker.html

“I think America is an incredibly entrepreneurial, innovative, strong, vibrant, go-getter country,” he says. “But I fear in the spirit of doing good we could create a weed of bureaucracy that could wind around our ankles and necks.” Dimon says he hoped the crisis would create an opportunity “to streamline, strengthen and simplify our spaghetti regulatory system.” Instead, he says, “we are making it more complicated and more litigious, which, over time, I think will be more damaging to our country.”

Our governments (local and federal collectively) can’t even operate an efficient public transportation system like the London’s tube ….. how can they do anything good with banks or healthcare?

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