Archive for the ‘crisis’ tag
The Third Wave Foreclosure Crisis
Foreclosures haven’t abated; if anything, they continue to pick up steam. Â They vary significantly by region - hotspots like Phoenix and Detroit are facing true epidemics. Â Other locations - like parts of NYC, for example - seem to be mostly bypassing the worst of things.Â
Yet now we’re facing what some economists are calling the third [...]
CO2 as the moral equivalent of financial derivatives
Tonight at the New York Public Library I attended a discussion between award-winning columnist and author Thomas Friedman and Nandan Nilekani, Co-Chairman and one of the founders of Infosys Technologies, Ltd.  These are two immensely interesting and well-spoken men, so I jumped at the opportunity to hear them live.
The discussion at first centered on well-known facts: the [...]
The Blame Game Update
The blame game is well underway for the current financial crisis, and it will only get worse. Â Who is to blame? Â Well, that all depends on who you are, and what you have to gain from pushing the burden off to someone else.Â
A common culprit is ‘greed,’ though I find this implausible.  If someone can point [...]