Comments on: More on Failed Executives

By: Nobel Prize Winner Criticizes Role of Popular Science Journals in the Scientific Process » Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog

Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:41:41 +0000

Randy Schekman “Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for individuals but damaging to the financial system, so science must break the tyranny of the luxury journals.”

By: I Strongly Support Elizabeth Warren and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:27:47 +0000

[…] to thwart and improvements in the financial system that move forward capitalism at the expense of a few nobles that are protected by political allies. I have no doubt those in power will still thwart most efforts to stop politically sanctioned […]

By: Middle Class Families from 1970-2005 at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Middle Class Families from 1970-2005 at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:47:55 +0000

[…] safety net. It is important for us to realize that the decisions we make have consequences. If we allow corruption to grow and grow in the USA we will suffer more and more. If we continue to elect people that give away society […]

By: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » No More Executive Bonuses!

Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » No More Executive Bonuses! — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:45:12 +0000

[…] It is an great article on bad pay systems that let a few top executives (and their hand picked board members) in many companies to loot the treasury of the company. I have written about this problem many times, including: CEOs Plundering Corporate Coffers – Excessive Executive Pay (2005) – Narcissistic Cadre of Senior Executives – The Best Leadership Is Good Management – Another Year of CEO’s Taking Hugely Excessive Pay – More on Obscene CEO Pay – More on Failed Executives […]

By: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Community Banks Asks Why They Must Pay for Wall Street Greed

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:53:40 +0000

“Community lenders ‘are feeling like they are paying for the incompetence and greed of Wall Street,’ Fine said this week in an interview…”

By: CuriousCat: What the Bailout and Stimulus Are and Are Not

CuriousCat: What the Bailout and Stimulus Are and Are Not — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:02:14 +0000

The huge banking bailouts and stimulus bill are meant to counter-balance the huge problems the economy is suffering through…

By: Deanna

Deanna — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:38:08 +0000

I agree with you completely! The execs make big bucks, while driving the company into the ground. Even if they do get kicked out (unlikely), they’ll get a golden parachute. In the meantime, all of us taxpayers get to bear the brunt of their bad decisions.

They get to keep their millions, and mansions, and expensive toys. They still come out winners — we’re the ones who lose.