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Jeff Poor | January 22, 2008

     After the Fed made an “emergency” 75-basis-point rate cut the morning of January 22, CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer, who turned from optimist to pessimist, said it was too little too late.

     “[T]his is obviously the kind of…

Jeff Poor | January 21, 2008

     Repeated predictions and threats of recession weren’t enough for one prominent magazine editor who claimed things are even worse than that by bringing up the Great Depression.

 

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Jeff Poor | January 20, 2008

     Whether the issue is health care, Social Security, infrastructure or post-Hurricane Katrina problems, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright blames the Iraq war.

     After making some outlandish comments about President…

Jeff Poor | January 18, 2008

     It’s an argument supply-siders make regularly – money is better used in the hands of individuals than in the hands of the government – assuming the money didn’t come from individuals in the form of taxes to begin with.

    On…

Jeff Poor | January 18, 2008

     He didn’t try to sugarcoat it, but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did say the U.S. economy was not destined for the Armageddon scenario some in the media have been prognosticating.

     Bernanke wasn’t completely down on the…

Jeff Poor | January 18, 2008

     CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer has a reputation for making outlandish statements – and there might be a reason for his demeanor, according to a CNBC co-worker and a late-night comic.

     CNBC “Street Signs” host Erin Burnett…