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In a nation whose debt has outgrown the size of its entire economy, the greatest threat comes not from any foreign force but from Washington politicians who refuse to relinquish the intoxicating power to borrow and spend. Senator Tom Coburn reveals the fascinating, maddening story of how we got to this point of fiscal crisis—and how we can escape.
Long before America’s recent economic downturn, beltway politicians knew the U.S. was going bankrupt. Yet even after several so-called “change” elections, the government has continued its wasteful ways in the face of imminent danger. With passion and clarity, Coburn explains why Washington resists change so fiercely and offers controversial yet commonsense solutions to secure the nation’s future.
At a time when millions of Americans are speculating about what is broken in Washington, The Debt Bomb is a candid, thoughtful, non-partisan exposé of the real problems inside our government. Coburn challenges the conventional wisdom that blames lobbyists, gridlock, and obstructionism, and places the responsibility squarely where it belongs: on members of Congress in both parties who won’t let go of the perks of power to serve the true interests of the nation—unless enough citizens take bold steps to demand action.
“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
Throughout a distinguished career as a business owner, physician, and U.S. senator, Tom Coburn has watched his beloved republic careen down a suicidal path. Today, the nation stands on the precipice of financial ruin, a disaster far more dangerous to our safety than any terrorist threats we face. Yet Coburn believes there is still hope—if enough Americans are willing to shake the corridors of Washington and demand action.
With an insider’s keen eye and a caregiver’s deft touch, Coburn diagnoses the mess that career politicians have made of things while misusing their sacred charge to govern.
Coburn’s incisive analysis:
Reveals the root causes of America’s escalating financial crisis Exposes Washington’s destructive appetite for wasteful spending, power grabs, backroom deals, and quick non-fixes Rises above partisanship to implicate elected officials of all stripes in steering the nation off course Lays out a commonsense guide to restoring order Concludes with a clarion call and sound advice for Americans who would dedicate themselves to defusing the debt bomb
Above all, Coburn believes the United States can continue as a beacon of opportunity for future generations—but how we act today will determine whether we deliver the nation to our children and grandchildren fully alive, on life support, or without a pulse.
Since first edition’s publication, the CDO market has seen tremendous growth. As of 2005, $1.1 trillion of CDOs were outstanding — making them the fastest-growing investment vehicle of the last decade. To help you keep up with this expanding market and its various instruments, Douglas Lucas, Laurie Goodman, and Frank Fabozzi have collaborated to bring you this fully revised and up-to-date new edition of Collateralized Debt Obligations. Written in a clear and accessible style, this valuable resource provides critical information regarding the evolving nature of the CDO market. You’ll find in-depth insights gleaned from years of investment and credit experience as well as the examination of a wide range of issues, including cash CDOs, loans and CLOs, structured finance CDOs and collateral review, emerging market and market value CDOs, and synthetic CDOs. Use this book as your guide and take advantage of this dynamic market and its products.
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Thorough, accessible, and up to date, Financial Instruments is a guide to all of the financial products currently being traded in the world’s markets. Through plain language and in a user-friendly format, David M. Weiss, author of After the Trade Is Made, outlines the many tools available and their unique functions, features, and structures.
Weiss breaks financial instruments into four broad groups: equities, debt, derivatives, and mutual funds. Under each heading, he explores the many types of related products, including exotic investments such as:
? American Depositary Receipts
? Asset-Backed Securities
? Structured Debt
? Futures
? Swaps
? Unit Investment Trusts
Financial Instruments is an indispensable tool for finance professionals-portfolio managers, brokers, financial planners, and institutional investors. It’s also a definitive resource for sophisticated individual investors.
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Lillian Fitzgerald has made a terrible mistake. She’s gone a hundred thousand dollars into student loan debt for a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing, only to discover that she might not actually be a good writer.
In an attempt to buy herself enough time to salvage her ambitious but depressing thesis novel, she accepts a part-time job doing SAT tutoring for Calvin Bolt, whose father Henry owns Bolt Bank, the very company that services her student loans. But Lillian soon discovers that dangerous secrets underlie the wealth and power of the Bolt family, secrets that could launch Lillian onto the bestseller list…if she manages to survive long enough to write about them.
In DEBT, Rachel Carey’s sharp, fast-paced satire of New York during the 2008 financial meltdown, it turns out that everyone, even all-powerful billionaire Henry Bolt, is in somebody’s debt.
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Mainstream economists tell us that developing countries will replicate the economic achievements of the rich countries if they implement the correct “free-market”policies. But scholars and activists Toussaint and Millet demonstrate that this is patently false. Drawing on a wealth of detailed evidence, they explain how developed economies have systematically and deliberately exploited the less-developed economies by forcing them into unequal trade and political relationships. Integral to this arrangement are the international economic institutions ostensibly created to safeguard the stability of the global economy—the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank—and the imposition of massive foreign debt on poor countries. The authors explain in simple language, and ample use of graphics, the multiple contours of this exploitative system, its history, and how it continues to function in the present day.
Ultimately, Toussaint and Millet advocate cancellation of all foreign debt for developing countries and provide arguments from a number of perspectives—legal, economic, moral. Presented in an accessible and easily-referenced question and answer format, Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank is an essential tool for the global justice movement.
From personal finance and consumer spending to ballooning national expenditures on warfare and social welfare, debt is fundamental to the dynamics of global capitalism. The contributors to this volume explore the concept of indebtedness in its various senses and from a wide range of perspectives. They observe that many views of ethics, citizenship, and governance are based on a conception of debts owed by one individual to others; that artistic and literary creativity involves the artist’s dialogue with the works of the past; and that the specter of catastrophic climate change has underscored the debt those living in the present owe to future generations.
This casebook introduces students to the major instruments issued by corporations for funding and risk-management, including money market instruments, bonds and notes, junior and senior equity, government securities, futures, options, swaps, and other financial derivatives. Moving beyond the issuance market and instrument design, the book situates these instruments in their trading markets, giving students a comprehensive understanding of financial markets. The selected cases and materials highlight financial history, market structure, accounting standards, and a lawyer’s professional standards. Chapter objectives help students to track their progress. This edition has been updated to reflect recent financial reforms.
Since it first appeared in 1911, Where We Got the Bible has gone through numerous printings and has been available in print almost continually ever since. The reader will soon discover the popularity of this book, for it covers the salient facts of the Bible’s history in a clear, easily understood manner. Here are discussed the sources for our canon of books of both the Old and New Testaments, along with vital information relative to the Bible in the life of the Church. A book certain to inform and please contemporary readers as it has those in former years. Contents Preface Introduction: Rome Hates the Bible? Some Errors Removed The Making of the Old Testament The Church Precedes the New Testament The Church Compiles the New Testament Deficiencies of the Protestant Bible The Originals and Their Disappearance Variations in Text Fatal to Protestant Theory Our Debt to the Monks Bible Reading in the Dark Ages Where Are All the Medieval Bibles Vernacular Scriptures before Wycliff Why Wycliff Was Condemned Tyndale’s Condemnation Vindicated By Posterity A Deluge of Erroneous Versions The Catholic’s Bible Envoy Biographical Note
In the early 1990s we experienced a recession not quite as bad as the great recession of 2012 but painful for many nonetheless. Back then I did live radio five nights a week on this one subject (credit repair) broadcast out of Miami. The program, like this book, was called Credit Warfare and focused each night on a new credit repair or debt collection issue.
Many people listened nightly on their ride home from work. It was the highest rated program on AM radio during drive time because so many people needed help. Doctors, lawyers, judges, secretaries, police officers, nurses, truck drivers etc… listened to Credit Warfare and used the information to pull their lives back together.
A superior court judge became a federal judge. A police lieutenant became a captain. Others got new jobs and started businesses. They were now able to get the best rates on insurance, homes, cars, credit cards and so on because they were trained to handle their credit repair / debt collection issues themselves.
Today more than 61 million Americans have bad credit with another 30 – 40 million classified as bruised to sub-prime. I knew things were getting bad back in 2007 when I started receiving emails from those who listened to me on the radio or came to seminars 15 years earlier asking for help again.
As was the case then, you can re-take control of your financial life without a credit repair company, credit counseling or in most cases an attorney. You can stop the creditors, collectors and lawyers with little effort and regain some sense of serenity in very short order if you know what your rights are and how to enforce them.You truly can remove any negative information from your credit report on your own legally with minimal time invested.
Credit Warfare will provide you with the knowledge you need backed up with legal references, resources, a plan of action and step by step instruction to deal with any credit or debt collection issue regardless of whether you are a novice or experienced consumer. Most importantly Credit Warfare will help you sleep at night knowing you have the power to fix the issues at hand and protect yourself from any further attacks.
