Standards Roadmap for the Smart Grid Unveiled At GridWeek in D.C., Commerce Secretary Gary Locke introduced a 90-page draft on 77 proposed standards for smart grid. Stimuli like this has spurred A123 to have one of the biggest IPOs in greentech, while Silver Spring acquired Greenbox. SolarCity entered the electric …
The Baseline Scenario: Too Politically Connected To Fail In Any Crisis
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:28 AM PDT Over the past 30 years Wall Street captured the thinking of official Washington, persuading policymakers on both sides of the aisle not to regulate (derivatives), to deregulate (Gramm-Leach-Bliley), not enforce existing safety and soundness regulations (VaR), and to stand idly by while millions …
The Baseline Scenario: Shareholder Value for Beginners
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 07:06 AM PDT Ever wondered how the private equity industry works? The New York Times has the story for you. (Thanks to a reader for pointing it out to me.) Yves Smith has a summary of the juicy bits.
The Baseline Scenario
A Short Question For Senior Officials Of The New York Fed Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:13 PM PDT At the height of the financial panic last fall Goldman Sachs became a bank holding company, which enabled it to borrow directly from the Federal Reserve. It also became subject to supervision …
ITUC OnLine – G20: Progress in Pittsburgh, but Still Far to Go
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Brusssels, 25 September (ITUC OnLine): The world’s trade union movement has described the results of the Pittsburgh G20 Summit as representing progress on the outcome of the April Summit in London, but has warned against complacency and highlighted crucial areas where little or no progress has …
The Baseline Scenario: Diana Farrell And The White House Theory Of Bank Size
Posted: 13 Oct 2009 03:07 AM PDT On Friday morning, Diana Farrell – a senior White House official – made a significant statement on NPR’s Morning Edition, with regard to whether our largest banks are too big and should be broken up.
The Baseline Scenario: Who is Carlos Slim?
We understand that Carlos Slim is an investor in The New York Times as well. – Editor Posted: 17 Oct 2009 07:02 AM PDT The US increasingly displays characteristics that we have seen many times in middle-income “emerging markets” – new dimensions of vast inequality, forms of financial instability that …
G20 versus UN: the battle continues
The future of international economic governance and financial reform is still being debated separately at the United Nations and the G20, but little progress is being made. http://brettonwoodsproject.org/gtwentyun67 Jockeying for position over World Bank’s role as climate talks near
G-20: REFORM THE GLOBAL CASINO
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The Baseline Scenario: Was The G20 Summit Actually Dangerous?
Posted: 26 Sep 2009 06:07 AM PDT It is easy to dismiss the G20 communique and all the associated spin as empty waffle. Ask people in a month what was accomplished in Pittsburgh and you’ll get the same blank stare that follows when you now ask: What was achieved at …