 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
||||||
 |
||||||
 |
||||||
 |
||||||
 |
||||||
 |
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
||||||
 |
||||||
|
||||||
 |
|
DMI in the News: Everyday New Yorkers Hurt Most By Amy Traub | The Albany Times-Union | November 21, 2008. New York can cut after-school programs, jam more kids into crowded classrooms and lay off teachers. But asking those residents who benefited most from the boom years to contribute a little more? New York faces a genuine budget crisis. But our governor has yet to face up to what some of the most respected economists think. More> |
||
 |
||
|
||
| Visit the DMI Archive Click ''Archive'' on the top navigation bar and search through DMI’s virtual archive by subject area, author, or type of media (report, op-ed, press release, or mention of DMI's work in the news.) More» |
 |
| DMI in the News: Growing Sense of Outrage Over Executive Pay By Heather Landy | Washington Post | November 15, 2008. The public's indignation over lavish executive pay has rippled beyond the circles of activist investors and corporate governance watchdogs, who for years have wrung their hands over compensation practices. It has spread even beyond grass-roots community organizers and public policy think tanks to people who make their living in the financial industry. More» |
|
| Don't Attach the Wrong Strings to the Auto Bailout By Harry Moroz | Huffington Post | November 19, 2008. Tucked into one of two possible Senate 'vehicles' for the auto industry bailout is a seemingly benign, even sweet, deal: tax relief for new car purchases. Why add the tax break to a $100.3 billion stimulus package? More» |
|
| The Bair Necessities By Mark Winston Griffith | Huffington Post | November 18, 2008. As reports emerge that FDIC chair Sheila Bair is being considered for Treasury Secretary, I am transported to a point in time over a year ago, when Bair fired a shot heard around the banking and economic justice world. On October 19, 2007, in a New York Times op-ed, Bair made a sweeping proposal to make mortgages more affordable to homeowners. More» |
|
| Fannie and Freddie Offer Thin Lifeline to Homeowners By Mark Winston Griffith | Huffington Post | November 12, 2008. At a time when it is increasingly obvious that the foreclosure crisis is poised to take down the entire economy, the feds are still relying on the same coalition of mortgage lenders, investors and servicers - the HOPE Now Alliance - to advise them on how to address the foreclosure crisis. Think of it this way. The American homeowner is underwater and drowning, and Fannie and Freddie have just thrown in a spool of thread to pull them out. More» |
|
| DMI in the News: The president-elect wants a say on pay By John Gapper |Financial Times | November 13, 2008. Not so long ago, the “say on pay” movement - the effort by institutional shareholders to get US companies to have non-binding votes on executive compensation - seemed to be losing steam. But there is quite a head of steam now. The change in atmosphere struck me this morning as I listened to a panel discussing the topic at a Manhattan breakfast organised by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy. More» |
|
| DMI's advice to Obama DMI's Mark Winston Griffith & Harry Moroz offer advice to President-Elect Obama in the Huffington Post: Psst, President Obama. I Got the New Killer CRA and Give Mayors a Role in the Obama Administration. More» |
|
| Mortgage Assistance Doesn't Punish 'Responsible' Borrowers By Mark Winston Griffith | Huffington Post | November 4, 2008. It was inevitable that the closer we got to addressing the foreclosure crisis through some form of nationalized, system-wide mortgage restructuring effort, the more homeowners would be crying foul. More» |
|
| Mark Winston Griffith on GRIT-TV: We are ACORN Mark Winston Griffith - DMI’s Senior Fellow in Economic Justice - recently spoke to GRIT-TV about setting the record straight on ACORN, voter fraud, and the Community Reinvestment Act. More» |
|
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy |
