It Finally Dawns on Henry Blodget Why Davos Is Important
The head of a large private equity firm once told me that he spends Davos in the lobby of his hotel with back-to-back appointments booked...
How to Regulate Mortgage Lending, Part 1
Bill Black is the author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One and an associate professor of economics and law at the University of...
Assessing Blame
Back in 2009, I published a list of causal factors of the financial crisis: Who is to Blame, 1-25. It was culled from Chapter 19 of...
The Future of Revenue
This video, created by Eloqua and JESS3, looks at the future of revenue: Revenue Performance Management, or RPM. The “School House...
Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards
Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” Colin...
FCIC: What Caused the Financial Crisis
So far, only the New York Times has the story — nothing from the WSJ or Bloomberg yet: The FCIC found that the crisis was caused by...
I Am Delighted with the FCIC Report !
More to come after I digest this, but so far it looks spectacular . . . Highlights from the NYT: “The 2008 financial crisis was an...
Everybody Hates Davos
The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is a lot like a socialite’s charity ball. Everyone publicly announces that they’re...