NEW YORK (Associated Press) - The Investment Company Institute spent almost $1.6 million in the first quarter to lobby on measures to address the housing and credit crises, and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form. The trade group ...

Housing crises spur demands for return to greater federal regulation and oversight. A heavier federal hand is reaching into American life as politicians in both parties demand an overhaul of government financial regulation and more protection for homeowners in the face of mortgage woes and a weakening economy

Like the Iraq disaster, the mortgage and credit crises were predictable and – in at least the case of the economic crash – predicted. NPR reported yesterday on who predicted the latest mess and when. Intro: The subprime mortgage and credit crisis has inspired a new version of the old question: What ...

Shift Scenario: Reversing the Sixth Extinction James Fournier It may be possible for the global system to undergo a change in state, a fundamental shift from one of increasingly intractable interrelated crises to one characterized by mutually reinforcing synergetic solutions