early in the recession of the 1980s it seemed every night on the news there was an
announcement of another company filing for 'Chapter 11'
wth was chapter 11 ? 'The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 was passed in 1978 and
took effect on October 1, 1979. This act, which continues to serve as the uniform
federal law that governs all bankruptcy cases today, substantially revamped
bankruptcy practices. A strong business reorganization Chapter was created:
Chapter 11. (This replaced the old Chapters X, XI and XII that had been created by
the 1898 Act and amended by the Chandler Act.)'
now it may have been possible for companies to have filed successfully with the
1898 Act but it seemed to me at that time remarkable that Chapter 11 had been
'created' when it was, to 'manage the financial problems of the early 80s' that
would have sunk the ship had it not existed, definitely staving off a depression
(watching: the 2005 personal bankruptcy act will be repealed)
present: Bernanke joined the administration in 2005 - Chairman of the President's
Council of Economic Advisers and 7 months later became Fed Chairman in 2006
elsewhere i wrote:
" Bernanke appears to me a man wanting to catch a bus, staring into space trying
to remember the bus timetable, having forgotten the day of the week and not knowing
what time it is, and I wonder why this much touted expert on the Great Depression
was hired as Fed Chairman â
did someone know then what weâd be experiencing now ? "
so the 'conspiracy' began at least as early/late as the summer of 2005 when some
one during the discussion about what would be hitting us now said 'hey, i know of a
guy that knows about the Great Depression, we should get him', but of course it's
been all Paulson - with Bernanke tagging along like some recently obedienced dog -
who's been telling Congress and us what's to be done
(Bernanke isn't that smart is he that it was he who got Paulson hired in 2006
mind you - famous last words spoken in 07: "An open, competitive and liberalized
financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes
stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention." Secretary Paulson)
Speaker Pelosi was on the Charlie 'the mouth that never shuts' Rose show friday -
check your pbs station as it might be broadcast monday - KCTS Seattle - relating
some of the crisis process from her pov, how in asking for action on friday the feds
were told 'comeback monday' and replied 'that will be too late'. Pelosi et al were
given the analogy the economy had suffered a heart attack and needed emergency
open heart surgery; now ohs is a fairly safe these days and few deaths occur during
the proceedure, they occur for various reasons after surgery
Pelosi's final interesting remark about the 'patient' was that they just don't know
yet if the patient has cancer
on Oct 3 Bob Shiller - house index - was on Consuelo Mack's 'Wealthtrack' show
http://www.wealthtrack.com/index.php broadcast on the PBS network
and provided such answers as: "As an index number creator, it's not appropriate
for me to give quantitative predictions of my index . . . "
and became a deer caught in the headlights when asked -
" CONSUELO MACK: Bob, you just said you would be very careful with your
investments, whether it's your real estate investments or your financial investments;
so elaborate a little on that. Why are you saying that? And how careful should we
be?
BOB SHILLER: First, I'm a professor and not a financial advisor.
CONSUELO MACK: I know that.
BOB SHILLER: I defer to financial advisors. People should get a financial advisor. But
my own personal take on it has been to withdraw somewhat from risky investments.
and: BOB SHILLER: I hate to -- it sounds a little unpatriotic for me to say to be
defensive " http://www.wealthtrack.com/transcript_10-03-2008.php until monday
i admit you'd have had to have seen the show to appreciate how choked Shiller was
but it got me thinking of the also academic Bernanke and wondering if he's already
frozen, and but for - love him or hate him Paulson - 'the fate of the nation . . . ' . . .
once the new president is elected Paulson, President, Pelosi et al will have about
10 weeks to work on economic plans before Paulson leaves, and i have to wonder
if the great minds of 05 are as confident about their choice of the Great Depression
expert, of course the depression hasn't arrived yet, Bernanke's forte may yet appear
announcement of another company filing for 'Chapter 11'
wth was chapter 11 ? 'The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 was passed in 1978 and
took effect on October 1, 1979. This act, which continues to serve as the uniform
federal law that governs all bankruptcy cases today, substantially revamped
bankruptcy practices. A strong business reorganization Chapter was created:
Chapter 11. (This replaced the old Chapters X, XI and XII that had been created by
the 1898 Act and amended by the Chandler Act.)'
now it may have been possible for companies to have filed successfully with the
1898 Act but it seemed to me at that time remarkable that Chapter 11 had been
'created' when it was, to 'manage the financial problems of the early 80s' that
would have sunk the ship had it not existed, definitely staving off a depression
(watching: the 2005 personal bankruptcy act will be repealed)
present: Bernanke joined the administration in 2005 - Chairman of the President's
Council of Economic Advisers and 7 months later became Fed Chairman in 2006
elsewhere i wrote:
" Bernanke appears to me a man wanting to catch a bus, staring into space trying
to remember the bus timetable, having forgotten the day of the week and not knowing
what time it is, and I wonder why this much touted expert on the Great Depression
was hired as Fed Chairman â
did someone know then what weâd be experiencing now ? "
so the 'conspiracy' began at least as early/late as the summer of 2005 when some
one during the discussion about what would be hitting us now said 'hey, i know of a
guy that knows about the Great Depression, we should get him', but of course it's
been all Paulson - with Bernanke tagging along like some recently obedienced dog -
who's been telling Congress and us what's to be done
(Bernanke isn't that smart is he that it was he who got Paulson hired in 2006
mind you - famous last words spoken in 07: "An open, competitive and liberalized
financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes
stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention." Secretary Paulson)
Speaker Pelosi was on the Charlie 'the mouth that never shuts' Rose show friday -
check your pbs station as it might be broadcast monday - KCTS Seattle - relating
some of the crisis process from her pov, how in asking for action on friday the feds
were told 'comeback monday' and replied 'that will be too late'. Pelosi et al were
given the analogy the economy had suffered a heart attack and needed emergency
open heart surgery; now ohs is a fairly safe these days and few deaths occur during
the proceedure, they occur for various reasons after surgery
Pelosi's final interesting remark about the 'patient' was that they just don't know
yet if the patient has cancer
on Oct 3 Bob Shiller - house index - was on Consuelo Mack's 'Wealthtrack' show
http://www.wealthtrack.com/index.php broadcast on the PBS network
and provided such answers as: "As an index number creator, it's not appropriate
for me to give quantitative predictions of my index . . . "
and became a deer caught in the headlights when asked -
" CONSUELO MACK: Bob, you just said you would be very careful with your
investments, whether it's your real estate investments or your financial investments;
so elaborate a little on that. Why are you saying that? And how careful should we
be?
BOB SHILLER: First, I'm a professor and not a financial advisor.
CONSUELO MACK: I know that.
BOB SHILLER: I defer to financial advisors. People should get a financial advisor. But
my own personal take on it has been to withdraw somewhat from risky investments.
and: BOB SHILLER: I hate to -- it sounds a little unpatriotic for me to say to be
defensive " http://www.wealthtrack.com/transcript_10-03-2008.php until monday
i admit you'd have had to have seen the show to appreciate how choked Shiller was
but it got me thinking of the also academic Bernanke and wondering if he's already
frozen, and but for - love him or hate him Paulson - 'the fate of the nation . . . ' . . .
once the new president is elected Paulson, President, Pelosi et al will have about
10 weeks to work on economic plans before Paulson leaves, and i have to wonder
if the great minds of 05 are as confident about their choice of the Great Depression
expert, of course the depression hasn't arrived yet, Bernanke's forte may yet appear