Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/142062/of_ponzi_schemes%2C_bubbles_and_banks/ Ask Doctor Dollar! Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT Arthur MacEwan, Dollars and Sense -569fa130d6b11805d83f4d5bcc690ca5 http://www.alternet.org/story/135488/ask_doctor_dollar%3A_why_aren%27t_things_getting_better/ Many fail to take sufficient account of the time lapses between one event and another. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:00:01 PDT Arthur MacEwan, Dollars and Sense -800598366c24db7f73d74c8305008f95 http://www.alternet.org/story/104948/the_bailout_has_to_come_with_regulation/ The firms that are "too big to fail," should be regulated to prevent them from operating in ways that put us all at risk. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:00:01 PDT Arthur MacEwan, Dollars and Sense -2dfec8f8f45306a196515c77118bb1b4 http://www.alternet.org/story/100809/why_shouldn%27t_trade_lift_workers_out_of_poverty/ In many low-income countries, economic expansion comes along with severe inequality. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:00:01 PDT Arthur MacEwan, Dollars and Sense -67565dc4287bf385ac51e5e461cd49fb http://www.alternet.org/story/100180/meltdown%3A_it%27s_not_just_a_matter_of_greed/ Greed is a human constant, which begs the question of what it is that changed in the lead-up to this financial crisis. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Arthur MacEwan, Dollars and Sense -8b39ea6d6dd71922fe5a71527c0c2291 http://www.alternet.org/story/85992/ask_dr._dollar%3A_do_we_have_to_bail_out_big_firms_like_bear_stearns/ When large financial firms like Bear Stearns fail, the impacts can be very far reaching. Wed, 21 May 2008 12:00:01 PDT Arthur MacEwan, Dollars and Sense -4a781ad4b82015b57143eb69ad1964dd