Economical Crisis: real or caused stock crash and market crisis?

October 10, 2008 in I doubt, I think, The wall
Tags: corporation, economical_crisis, economics, free-market, globalization, life, market_crisis, news, politics, stock_crash, usa

From Wikipedia:
Jane buys a share in a company for $100, using $20 of her own money, and $80 borrowed from her broker. The net value (share – loan) is $20. The broker wants a minimum margin requirement of $10.
Suppose the share goes down to $85. The net value is now only $5, and Jane will [...]

Yankees Go Home

October 8, 2008 in I doubt, I think, The wall
Tags: corporation, economical_crisis, economics, free-market, globalization, life, news, politics, usa

Source: Beppe Grillo’s Blog

Everyone is worried about what will happen. The banks no longer trust the banks. They don’t lend money to each other any more. The poison introduced into the world financial system by the toxic made-in-USA products is producing its effects.
No one in the world [...]

Free market ideology is far from finished

September 26, 2008 in The wall
Tags: corporation, economics, free-market, globalization, life, news, politics, shock-economy, usa

But with Wall Street rescued by government intervention, there’s never been a better time to argue for collectivist solutions
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Naomi Klein
guardian.co.uk,
Friday September 19 2008 18:40 BST
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Whatever the events of this week mean, nobody should believe the overblown claims that the market crisis signals the death of “free market” [...]