Yesterday I blogged about economist Steve Fazzari and his arguments on behalf of the Obama administration’s $8 billion in loans to automakers Ford, Nissan and Tesla to make electric and fuel-efficient cars. Today, an opposing view comes from Russ Roberts , a libertarian economist who is a professor at George Mason University, a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, the host of the excellent podcast EconTalk and a blogger at www.cafehayek.com. Steve, Russ and I s

July 15th, 2009JeremyLeave a commentGo to comments I need $5,000.00 fast to get my car out of repo, i have a job, but no checking account or credit cards…..i have been offered 2 scams already. I get a good tax check at the end of the year to pay back or i can pay back monthly payments, i can do whatever, i just need my car, i have a new job %26amp; a family to provide for. Plz any advice is appreciated. Thank u %26amp; have a Blessed Day ! Does anyone know where i can get a fast loan ??I know t

Investors Business Daily:The Price Of Media Malpractice By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Tuesday, June 30, 2009Barney FrankMedia: They laugh at his jokes. They say he’s the smartest guy in Congress. And 90% of them agree with him politically. Small wonder the havoc Barney Frank wreaks on the economy gets so little attention.America has its share of problems, to be sure. But one of the most pernicious is the bias that permeates the media. We’ve been saying this for years, noting how it leads to hal

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touted the notion of a “car czar” Tuesday to supervise an auto industry bailout, saying Big Three executives haven’t adapted well to changing conditions.

Homeowners worried about missing mortgage payments and entering foreclosure may have another option: a loan modification. Despite some signs of stability in the housing market, foreclosures remain a major obstacle to a meaningful recovery. And more borrowers in good standing are likely to miss their mortgage payments as the recession claims more jobs. That’s why some people have gone for a loan modification – a permanent change in a mortgage that results in more affordable payments

Homeowners worried about missing mortgage payments and entering foreclosure may have another option: a loan modification. Despite some signs of stability in the housing market, foreclosures remain a major obstacle to a meaningful recovery.

Matt Padilla of the Orange County Register has done it yet again… reported a story about loan modifications without having the foggiest idea what’s actually going on. I don’t know about everyone else, but it’s getting annoying, as far as I’m concerned. It’s not that I expect Matt to get everything right… I don’t. It’s just that I expect him to get it right once in a while, and when it comes to the topic of getting your loan modified, well… he hits like a girl. Here’s my response to Matt’s

My pals at Gizmodo are conducting a fun week-long exercise in nostalgia in the form of Gizmodo ‘79 , a series of features about technology that’s thirty years old, and how it compares to tech circa 2009. One of the stories is Sean Fallon’s “ Why You Can’t Complain About the Price of Today’s Gadgets ,” which compares the price of gizmos from 1979 with current ones, taking inflation into account. Boy, do we ever have it good today. I was a gadget hound and a PC user in 1979, but I was also fift

Toyota Motor Corp and Toyota Finance Corp will start offering a new auto purchase plan that will enable a customer who uses a loan to cover the purchase of a new car to make a down payment and defer loan repayments for three years, the two companies said Wednesday.

Is it really possible for a California first time home buyer with under 620 credit score to obtain a FHA loan? Most people would disagree. The Jonas Kruckeberg Team fights day in and day out for clients to obtain their dream of homeownership, so to all the naysayers let this be a demonstration that it can happen. Amidst all the negativity in the mortgage market, in the media, in your e-Mail, we all need a little good news. Hearing a success story can be invigorating and/or inspir