Political Animal (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE POORLY PLAYED BLAME GAME.... To hear conservatives, most notably John McCain, tell it, four not-so-simple words explain the entire financial meltdown: "Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac." David Goldstein and Kevin G. Hall have a terrific item for McClatchy that sets...
Faithful Progressive (Free subscription) | yesterday
Another McCain talking point exposed as myth. Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis By David Goldstein and Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — As the economy worsens and Election Day approaches, a conservative campaign that blames the global financial crisis on a government push to make housing more affordable to lower-class Americans has taken off...
Economist's View (Free subscription) | yesterday
It wasn't Fannie and Freddie, and it wasn't the CRA: Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis, by David Goldstein and Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: As the economy worsens and Election Day approaches, a conservative campaign that...
A Bluestem Prairie (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
McClatchy's David Goldstein and Kevin G. Hall report in Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis:As the economy worsens and Election Day approaches, a conservative campaign that blames the global financial crisis on a government push to make...
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... from the stock market because Barack Obama intends to raise the capital gains tax.) But thanks to David Goldstein and Kevin G. Hall of the McClatchy Newspapers, who took the time to look into that specific claim, which was trumpeted by conservatives (like "fair and balanced news" man Cavuto) across the board, and found it to be an utter falsehood. They even went so far as to quote...
Into the Breach (Free subscription) | yesterday
... debates might be:According to an article published by McClatchy newspapers on October 11 by David Goldstein and Kevin G. Hall entitled "Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis" [ http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/53802.html ] the cause of the mortgage meltdown was sub-prime loans made by an army of non-bank lenders who exploited a gap in our banking regulations....
Legal Pad (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... the breakup of all the partners, by practice group: Antitrust (13) Stephen Bomse (San Francisco); David Brownstein (San Francisco); Russell Cohen (San Francisco); David Goldstein (San Francisco); Richard Goldstein (New York); Edward Henneberry (Washington, D.C.); Jay Jurata (Washington, D.C.); Douglas Lahnborg (London); Jessica Pers (San Francisco); Larry Popofsky (Senior...
