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On Wall Street February 1, 2010 Steven Sloan	Don't Expect Clarity From The Top The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's first public hearing gave the industry's top leaders an opportunity to express remorse for their role in the financial market collapse, but did little to enhance the public's understanding of the meltdown.
U.S. Banker March 2008 John Engen	The Politics of Lending Sen. John McCain took time to present his vision of a world with simplified mortgage applications, and even suggested that the government might need to jump in to help mitigate the worsening crisis.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Seth Jayson	Paulson's Plan to Punish the Public Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to protect homebuyers from their mistakes -- extending loan teaser rates for a few years -- will punish us all.
Registered Rep. December 30, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Government Regulators Are Not Gods The concept of some elite, enlightened government committee monitoring systemic risk, guiding the economy is as ridiculous as Obama's health care plan.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Smith & Smith	Who's More to Blame: Congress or the Ratings Agencies? U.S. taxpayers have been handed a $700 billion TARP bill and told to bail out banks "too big to fail." Well, it was Congress who let the banks become too big in the first place. Or did the ratings agencies fail to provide in-depth and accurate analyses of the contents of mortgage-stuffed securities?
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Paul Barrett	A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste This should have been the year of radical financial reform.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2009 Morgan Housel	Ex-Citigroup Chief: You're Right, That Was Dumb You should listen to him. John Reed's comments are one of the strongest signals yet that major bank reform is not only necessary, but gaining support.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2007 Seth Jayson	More Housing Hanky-Panky Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson views the housing decline and crisis as the most significant current risk to our economy.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	The Financial System Is Cracking Banking news: Things got worse in the credit crisis this week as the market speculated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need a government bailout.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Lessons From an "Avoidable" Crisis Solid corporate governance policies could help us avert the next disaster.
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The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Morgan Housel	How to Destroy the Credit Card Industry Congress is slogging through new regulation that will, among other things, hinder the "abusive and unfair" practice of banks jacking up interest rates on existing credit card balances.
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Registered Rep. October 1, 2007	Big Boy Did It Who is at fault for the credit crisis caused by sub-prime loans gone bad? It could be you, or more precisely, your firm.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Seth Jayson	Three Reasons to Freak Out It often pays to watch the headlines; they can reveal what's not so wise about the wisdom of crowds, and help us figure out where our next investing opportunity may be. Here are three of the reasons to freak out today.
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BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Peter Coy	Smile. The Economy Isn't in a Second Depression Don't get too angry over bailouts. That sort of rage could prevent a sustainable recovery.
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BusinessWeek September 25, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian	Nightmare Mortgages Readers respond to a story on option ARMs, which struck a nerve with brokers, bankers, and consumers.
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Salon.com May 28, 2001 Anthony York	California reaming While Dick Cheney continues to blame the state's energy crisis on its Democratic governor, President Bush makes a rare visit. Can the oil patch kids ever solve their California problem?
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 James Pressley	The Meltdown According to Hank Paulson How the former Treasury Secretary, exhausted and careworn, labored to save the financial system -- and made plenty of mistakes.
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The Motley Fool May 4, 2010 Alex Dumortier	What Buffett Didn't Tell Goldman's CEO Shortly after the SEC made public its fraud complaint against Goldman Sachs, CEO Lloyd Blankfein contacted Warren Buffett to ask for advice. Warren's been here before, but he's keeping mum.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Mueller & Dumortier	Who's More to Blame: Mortgage Banking CEOs or Geeks Bearing Formulas? March Madness series: The financial crisis started right here, by giving a mortgage to anyone with a pulse. Or maybe it started with the model-building geeks in finance who made it possible for their banks to do the damage they did?
The Motley Fool February 1, 2010 Morgan Housel	Banks Aren't Lending? Says Who? The popular chant that "banks aren't lending, banks aren't lending!" is grossly misconstrued.
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Michael Mandel	Financial Rules: Why a Global Fix Is So Far Off The financial crisis just hasn't been bad enough for G-20 leaders to cede power to international regulators.
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The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Smith & Bleeker	Who's More to Blame: Congress or the SEC? March Stock Madness -- Second Round: Let's bullet-point some of the failures of both Congress and the SEC to determine which is more to blame for the current crisis.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Morgan Housel	Who's More to Blame: The American Consumer or Wall Street? March Madness series: Wall Street says it's the fault of the American consumer, who was greedy and irresponsible. On the other hand, there's never been a time when Wall Street's complexity has exploded so while risk was completely ignored.
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Entrepreneur December 2008 Robert Kiyosaki	Don't Fear Failure One of the reasons so many people don't become entrepreneurs is because they're afraid of failing. They're afraid of making mistakes. They're afraid of losing money. But if people can't overcome these psychological fears, they'd be better off keeping their day jobs.