We have all seen this show before. You enter the tent and the first thing you see is a trainer … More
Tag: Simon Johnson
Savvy Bankers? Free-Markets? Populist President?
Here is what Americans in 1933 heard from their populist President during FDR’s Fireside Chat on the Banking System: Only a foolish … More
~ Sticks and Stones… and Populism
While our President and other politicians have been learning the talk of populism in the last few weeks, a lot … More
Facing Down the Wall Street Oligarchs (part 2)
And so the story of The Wall Street Oligarchs (part 1) and the Main Street Taxpayers, resumes with Simon Johnson, former … More
The Wall Street Oligarchs (part 1)
There’s been a lot of finger wagging at the unruly class recently. It seems we, the Main Street Taxpayers, have … More
A Skeptical Simon Johnson on The Sun King, The Inside Man, and “Too Big to Regulate”
Almost everyone agrees that our financial system is broken. That our government is complicit in this broken system. That the … More
Kaptur and Johnson Detail Wash & Wall Dysfunction
US Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson discussed the state of the economy … More