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Banking on Our Privacy

By Bruce B. Cahan • August 31, 2010 at 10:27 am

Privacy is something we lose actively, not passively. Listen to the verbs of our digital lives: Read more » about Banking on Our Privacy

State-Owned Banks as a Way to Rebuild the Housing and Real Estate Markets

By Bruce B. Cahan • August 29, 2010 at 11:05 am

The financial literacy of America has improved markedly, nearly to college level, as a result of the global recession that started in 2007. What about state-owned banks, is the time ripe to explore that part of economic history?

Americans, now economists, can fill a green chalkboard from left to right, with the familiar logic of our situation: Read more » about State-Owned Banks as a Way to Rebuild the Housing and Real Estate Markets

Transparency, Money and the 2008 Collapse of Credit & Stock Markets

By Bruce B. Cahan • October 10, 2008 at 11:11 pm

Each day the stock markets trend lower, seeking floors, comfort. A sense of how bad it could get leads to further erosions of global equity values and banks unwilling to lend. Already Silicon Valley VC funds are sounding the alarm to portfolio companies: tighten up on spending, pare plans, boost revenue-production. Read more » about Transparency, Money and the 2008 Collapse of Credit & Stock Markets