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Author: Ziad K. Abdelnour

Why Wealth Bashing? – Financial Policy Council

It is an oft-repeated axiom that a person can learn a whole lot about a society by how it treats...

Wealth Creation Tips and Strategies

As the 2012 Presidential Election becomes a two-person race, improving the nation’s precarious fiscal situation must be the candidates’ top...

Why don’t we let Banks Fail?

Bloomberg had a story, a couple of days ago, about BofA moving Merrill Lynch derivatives to its retail-banking subsidiary. The...

On Tax Cuts for the Middle Class and the Wealthy

It is a known fact today that extreme conservatives push for tax cuts (but just for the wealthy) and extreme...

7 Rock Solid Reasons Why Giant Banks Need to be broken up NOW

After thorough analysis of the financial landscape, I strongly believe that giant banks need to be broken up NOW and...

What part did Hedge funds play in the crash of 2008?

When Brooksley Born was interviewed on an episode of the PBS documentary series, Frontline, in October of 2009, it was...

Have we learned anything from the Financial Crisis of 2007?

I would say nothing at all…. In fact, instead of changing their behavior to prevent another crisis, the Powers-that-be seem...

How stupid does Wall Street think we all are? – Financial Policy Council

While the big boys try to sell the “dumb money” on a recovery under a “greater fool” theory, the smart...

The Seeds of our Destruction – An academic outlook

When I became a citizen of the United States, I had to study the nation’s history in order to pass...

Wreckonomics: America’s Fiscal Policy in Action

“The Moment of Truth” is upon us or so proclaims the title of the report issued by the bi-partisan National...