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On this week’s edition of WNYC’s Money Talking, Rana Foroohar of Time and Joe Nocera of the New York Times weigh in on whether the Dodd-Frank financial reform law would have prevented the financial snafus that have plagued the banking sector recently.
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TIME interviews the chairman of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission about the implications of interest rate manipulation for American consumers and whether Dodd-Frank will really make us safer.
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The LIBOR scandal unfolding across the Atlantic has huge ramifications for American consumers.
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Will the ruling on Obamacare actually save you money? Does it address the right issues? And is the age of the celebrity CEO back?
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You’d be forgiven for asking who cares about Moody’s downgrading yesterday of 15 of the world’s biggest banks, including giants like Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase …
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Are CEOs who throw their underlings under the bus typical? Is the Supreme Court really pro-business? New York Times columnist Joe Nocera and I take a look at these questions and more on the latest installment of WNYC’s new radio show, “Money Talking,” which you can hear by clicking on the play button below.
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Few investors in these troubled times would dream of expecting double digit returns.
Curious CapitalistEconomics
A lot of people say gas prices will affect the election. But, in fact, the unemployment rate is a lot more important as a political predictor. New York Times columnist Joe Nocera and I examine the connection between economics and elections — as well as how lousy we all are at predicting risk, and the top financial news of the week — on …
Curious CapitalistEurope
If there were an official anthem for the European debt crisis, it would be Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance,” and not just because the pop star croons a few lines in French and chants the name of a continental European capital. The …
Curious CapitalistRetail
Walmart became the world’s largest retailer by offering “everyday low prices” around the globe. Apparently, though, Walmart was offering something else too. The company has been plunged into a major scandal since a New York Times investigation revealed that Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary paid $24 million in bribes to local officials to …
Curious CapitalistWall Street & Markets
President Obama has taken a lot of heat from Republicans in recent weeks over high gas prices, and what he coulda, shoulda done to keep them lower. The debate reached a fever pitch during the rejection of the Keystone pipeline, …
Curious CapitalistEurope
A breakup in the euro zone just got more real with the announcement of the short list for the Wolfson Economics Prize, a prestigious economics award that has the biggest payout (£250,000, or about $400,000) after the Nobel …
