Entries tagged "Megan McArdle"
None-too-impressed reactions are common among commentators taking on pay czar Kenneth Feinberg's mandated pay cuts.
The debate over the Community Reinvestment Act's role in the credit crisis continues in the blogosphere as Barry Ritholtz challenges opponents to a real debate not via blogs.
Nearly a century after the Federal Reserve's creation, people continue to contemplate the wisdom of the central bank's independence as policymakers consider adding more responsibilities to the Fed.
The two M&A reporters for the big dailies appear together again; we've been wondering what The Wall Street Journal's Dennis Berman has been up to. Perhaps he's been mulling over how to solve the credit crisis. In any event, Berman rolls out a plan Tuesday -- plan may be overstating it really -- for the government, having failed to convince the banks to lend, to abandon the effort and start afresh with brand new banks. Berman suggests putting $10 billion in taxpayer money, matched by private investment, and send it off, with its balance sheet pure, to lend to a...
