26-02-2009, 10:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 26-02-2009, 11:05 AM by Peter Lemkin.)
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/48714 Hour long. One day old. Worth taking notes on.
"Obama's Banking Panic" with economic historian and author, Webster Tarpley. Today we define the crisis; discuss the Federal Reserve; the steps that ought to be taken; the Troubled Asset Recovery Program or TARP; foreclosures; the administration's Stimulus Package; the "bad bank" concept under Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Larry Summers, Paul Volker and Austan Goolsbee; the upcoming budget, the Fiscal Responsibility Summit; and what lies ahead under present policies.
"Obama's Banking Panic" with economic historian and author, Webster Tarpley. Today we define the crisis; discuss the Federal Reserve; the steps that ought to be taken; the Troubled Asset Recovery Program or TARP; foreclosures; the administration's Stimulus Package; the "bad bank" concept under Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Larry Summers, Paul Volker and Austan Goolsbee; the upcoming budget, the Fiscal Responsibility Summit; and what lies ahead under present policies.