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Spring Hopes Eternal? David A Westbrook on Neo-Liberalism, "Paranoia within Reason" ... (David A. Westbrook, USA, 05/18/23 9:32 am) Hope this finds everyone well. WAISers might like the open letter "After Liberal Economics," in my latest substack: Springtimes; Paranoia Within Reason; After Liberal EconomicsRead more

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Demise of Credit Suisse: What Might be the Fallout? ... (Francisco Wong-Diaz, USA, 03/22/23 2:48 am) My current concern is not SVB's future but the more important and impactful failure of Credit Suisse. CS was a Tier 1 bank too big to fail. It was at par with Morgan Stanley, Bank of Americ ...
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End of Credit Suisse; Peter Schiff's Investment Performance (from Ric Mauricio) ... (John Eipper, USA, 03/21/23 3:22 am) Ric Mauricio writes: John E asked for my appraisal of the troubles at Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse has been plagued by a series of missteps and compliance failures in recent ...
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SVB Depositors Should Not Have Been Bailed Out ... (Francisco Wong-Diaz, USA, 03/20/23 5:34 am) John E asked me if failing to reimburse the SVB depositors would have had a domino effect on the entire banking system. My answer is no. Because it was just a liquidity problem due to their fail ...
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Peter Schiff Predicts a Recession; from Michael Frank ... (John Eipper, USA, 03/20/23 2:52 am) Michael Frank writes: Enrique Torner (March 19th) referred to Peter Schiff's prediction of an imminent recession, and asked for our thoughts. If you wa ...
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In Wake of SVB Collapse, a Recession? ... (Enrique Torner, USA, 03/19/23 8:29 am) There has been a lot of talk about banks failing, but we've heard hardly anything about the possible consequences. Some people are spreading fears that our economy is going to collapse or go into ...
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