The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Handing Bankers a Win-Win, Eurocrats Authorize Bailouts – and Bail-Ins
The new deal may be illegal under rules of the E.U. Parliament, but it is being rushed through to lock taxpayer and depositor liability into place before the dire state of Eurozone banks is exposed.
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Global Power Project: Connecting Josef Ackermann, the Institute of International Finance and the Euro Debt Crisis
When the European debt crisis hit headlines in 2010, the Institute of International Finance was again on the scene and playing a major part, like it did during the 1980s debt crisis. At the center this time was the CEO of Deutsche Bank, Josef Ackermann.
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Depositors Beware: Bail-In Is Now Official E.U. Policy
E.U. ministers recently agreed on a plan that shifts the responsibility for bank losses from governments to bank investors, creditors and uninsured depositors. What might this mean if it happened in America as well?
