Category Archives: America

Responses to the crisis II

Posted on October 3, 2008 by pauljohnston

There’s an excellent expose in today’s Spectator of the origins of the the US sub-prime mortgage problem in the policies of the Clinton administration. A left-inspired attempt at social engineering by government pressurising the banks to abandon their traditional lending … Continue reading →

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Responses to the crisis

Posted on September 30, 2008 by pauljohnston

The banking industry seems to have been hit by a ‘perfect storm’. Some people warned it years ago that the development of derivatives was heading it in that direction, but it didn’t listen much as big bonuses were to be … Continue reading →

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