Should the Federal Reserve Bank be pushing for more consumer and commercial real estate borrowing?Pascha asked: There is a ” Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility ” whichi is supposed to ” get credit flowing more normally again,” It is for a $1 trillion in lending for households and businesses, especially commercial real estate which is not doing so well lately “Under the program, which got off to a slow [...] What does it mean to live in a Capitalistic\Consumer system? and who supports our lifestyle e.g..Cazzoinculo Palleinmano asked: exploitation of 3rd world country labour, exploitation of other countries natural resources ? What else, loans given by the world bank to under-developed countries, in exchange for power over their countries, put simply? Sorry, english is not my mother tounge. what about the use of cheap labour in e.g. China? I have [...] Does Anyone Know How to Fix the Country?ben s asked: I have been following the decline of the world since 2006, when I was informed the stock market would crash within the next 12 months. The prediction was about a year off, but still. The entire world economy is screwed, stemming from the international sub-prime lending crisis, but more importantly the massive [...] Has anyone heard anything about loans to consumers and businesses? I think it’s all pork?Lizella J asked: Story Headlines: President Barack Obama plunges into a difficult test of his leadership this week, struggling to get a divided Congress to agree on his economic recovery package while pitching a new plan to ease loans to consumers and businesses.Jason |