The Audit

Wednesday Links: Philly’s Mod Policy, Fraud Force, WoW

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 18, 2009 at 08:03 PM

The New York Times looks at Philadelphia's way of dealing with the foreclosure crisis: Forcing homeowners and lenders face to... More

Tyrangiel Takes Over at BusinessWeek

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 18, 2009 at 02:27 PM

Bloomberg surprised just about everybody by picking Josh Tyrangiel of Time to helm the newly acquired (and newly gutted—it's sacking... More

Trains, Planes, and Carbon Offsets

Times keeps a needed eye on green premiums

By Curtis Brainard   Nov 18, 2009 at 01:31 PM

This week, The New York Times published two much-needed articles questioning the value of programs that let consumers pay a... More

WSJ Zeroes in on Goldman Collateral

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 18, 2009 at 10:19 AM

The Wall Street Journal fleshes out the Goldman Sachs backdoor bailout part of the Special Inspector General of the TARP's... More

Tuesday Links: Lowballing OSHA, Lowenstein, SIGTARP

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 17, 2009 at 06:48 PM

The New York Times reports that employers systematically under-report workplace injuries, citing a new GAO report. It says OSHA will... More

The Debt Privilege

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 17, 2009 at 05:22 PM

We all know too much debt is at the root of the economic crisis. And we've seen lots of step-back... More

Misplaying the SIGTARP Report

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 17, 2009 at 01:32 PM

Did the Federal Reserve have any leverage in its negotiations with AIG counterparties, the ones it paid one hundred cents... More

The Backdoor-Bailout Report Coverage

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 17, 2009 at 10:27 AM

Here's a win for the press, namely The New York Times and Bloomberg. The government, or one of its internal... More

Monday Links: New Bubble; Raters; Government Support

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 16, 2009 at 05:30 PM

Steven Pearlstein says the Federal Reserve still hasn't learned its lesson about credit bubbles. Pearlstein adds to the growing chorus... More

Bloomberg: Bankers Doubling Down in Vegas

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 16, 2009 at 01:56 PM

Bloomberg has an interesting real estate story showing how banks are getting entangled in the wreckage of their loans. Deutsche... More

Survey: Half of U.S. Would Pay (a Pittance) for Online News

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 16, 2009 at 06:12 AM

The New York Times reports on a new survey that says half of Americans would pay for news online if... More

Friday Links: Conspiracy Check, Weak TBTF Defenses, The Road

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2009 at 05:03 PM

Gary Weiss at The Big Money takes a good look at five conspiracy theories about Wall Street and ranks their... More

Missing the Big Pfizer Kelo Story

The NYT is first out of the gate nationally four days after the news broke.*

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2009 at 04:02 PM

(UPDATE: Ted Mann of The Day points out that he wrote a news story before the Times on the Kelo... More

A Perfect Bit of Uncountered PR Nonsense on Overdrafts

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM

The Federal Reserve is effectively banning the "overdraft protection" racket on debt cards by forcing banks to make customers opt-in... More

Thursday Links: 10,000 Applications, Glass Steagall Day, TARP

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 12, 2009 at 07:56 PM

The Washington Post reports on the jobless "recovery," a term it's still too early to use for the economy given... More