Monthly Archives: June 2009

Regulating banks, businesses, markets and governments

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Edwin Lee

Three contentious questions face Congress and the Obama Administration: How to regulate business and financial institutions to prevent future economic meltdowns? How to regulate the healthcare system so that it affordably covers everyone and provides choice? How to regulate the … Continue reading →

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Tribalism undermines Wall Street reforms

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Edwin Lee

The President’s financial reform plan falls short of what the nation needs. It bails out financial institutions but leaves them intact and allows their grossly overpaid executives to police themselves. These are obvious defects to those of us outside Wall … Continue reading →

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Mr. President: Break up the financial behemoths now!

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Edwin Lee

In his New York Times op-ed piece, economist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman pinpoints major defects in the Obama administration’s proposed plan for financial reform and suggests how to correct them. He doesn’t go far enough. Too many financial institutions, including … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Reform Now: the system is broken!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Edwin Lee

I’ve developed an educational handout on Healthcare Reform as a member of a volunteer group promoting this issue among fellow citizens in Bend. A copy is posted below in the hope that it will help people educate themselves about this … Continue reading →

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Game all systems so that they adapt or fail

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Edwin Lee

 (2a: of natural laws) There’s a saying that “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.”  Every living thing is gamed externally by competitors for food and reproductive rights and is gamed internally for its accumulated resources by other competitors we … Continue reading →

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“Fantasies of Green Shoots” well worth reading

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Edwin Lee

Robert Kuttner posted his commentary on the financial situation titled: Fantasies of Green Shoots  in the June 7 Huffington Post.  I agree with most of what he said and I urge you to read it and let me know what … Continue reading →

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