Trapper's Swamp - Blog - EOD Links

Monday

Apr192010

EOD Links - 20100419

Monday, April 19, 2010 at 10:21PM

I really do hate Mondays.

Temasek Review is fast losing its credibility.
Blanche Lincoln's Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Senate Committee unveils The Wall Street Transparency & Accountability Act of 2010 in full text, summary, and section-by-section summary. Why financial derivatives are under that committee I will never understand, but this bill deserves a closer look.
Mike Konczal explains the differences between the proposed financial market reforms.
Economics of Contempt makes the distinction between exchanges and clearinghouses, and why the latter is a more progressive solution.
Paul Krugman pulls no punches and calls Goldman Sachs "looters".
Howard Lee tells the authorities to "get over" astroturfing.

Callan Tham |

References (6)

References allow you to track sources for this article, as well as articles that were written in response to this article.

Source: Why I don't read The Tema-suck Review anymore

by Killerzephyr at Zephyr and the Tornado on April 14, 2010

The Temasek Review should really be called The Tema-suck Review, because it is just that, sucky. I came to this conclusion about a month ago and since then I've stopped visiting the site for news
Source: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

at Senate Committee on Agriculture
Source: Clearing Versus Exchange, With a Graph and a Chart

by Mike Konczal at Rortybomb on April 16, 2010

In my Current State of Financial Reform I tried to develop the argument for regulating derivatives as a 1-2-3 process: (1) first as an issue of derivatives clearing through a clearinghouse, and then (2) trading on an exchange, and then (3) what to do with those that can’t/won’t go through a clearing and/or exchange.
Source: Exchanges vs. Clearinghouses (This is Important)

at Economics of Contempt on April 14, 2010

(I wrote this post a while ago, but for some reason I never got around to publishing it. I was reminded of it when I read Felix Salmon's post on derivatives reform from this morning, in which Felix gives a quick-and-dirty explanation of clearing vs. exchange-trading.
Source: Looters in Loafers

by Paul Krugman at New York Times on April 18, 2010

Last October, I saw a cartoon by Mike Peters in which a teacher asks a student to create a sentence that uses the verb “sacks,” as in looting and pillaging. The student replies, “Goldman Sachs.”
Source: Astroturfing – a nuisance, or a brave new world of activism?

by Howard Lee at The Online Citizen on April 19, 2010

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently said that the government has allegedly received numerous emails demanding it to lower property prices, or face voter pull-out at the next election.

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

Post a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »

Author:

Author Email (optional):

Author URL (optional):

Post:

↓ | ↑

Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>