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...world's economists have been nearly unanimous in saying that only a coordinated, worldwide effort can stem the current credit crunch and companion market meltdown. Their proposed solutions include: cut interest rates, recapitalize the banks and insure deposits; get governments to step in and guarantee short-term interbank lending. "The first good thing about this situation is that it does not call for different central banks and Treasuries to do different things, but rather for them all to do the same thing in unison without fouling each other's oars. That should be relatively easy to arrange," wrote University...
...credit markets moving again, economists have called for governments to guarantee short-term interbank loans. "Recapitalization by itself won't fix the interbank lending market," says Roger Craine, another Berkeley professor and a former Federal Reserve economist. The big problem now is that banks are unwilling to let go of their money because of counterparty risk - the fear that the borrower may go under, sticking the bank with the loss. "If the bank you lend to has assets in a hedge fund that goes under then they are likely to go under," explains Craine. A coordinated interbank debt guarantee...
...best networking opportunities I’ve been presented with,” Jhaveri said about the upcoming conference. “I’m really excited to meet so many people from different schools and backgrounds and to forge long-term friendships...
...physical ones (no more higher co-pays, deductibles and limits on hospital stays). For more than a decade, Senator Peter Domenici pioneered the fight for such legislation. Last year, the 76-year-old Republican announced he suffers from a degenerative brain disease and would not seek another term. One of his final votes led to the bill's long-awaited passing. TIME spoke with Senator Domenici about the legislation's history, the state of mental health care in the U.S. and his hopes for the future. Why do you think there is such a difference in the way insurance companies...
...suffer from alcoholism. And businesses are finding out that they are better off giving them treatment and buying insurance that covers their treatment because if you can keep them well and get them their medicine, you add to their productivity and to your workforce productivity. This is your last term in Congress. How do you hope your colleagues will take up this fight after you leave? There are many things that I would still love to be doing, which makes my departure so hard. I would think the next thing to do is to introduce national legislation to start...