Higher bank equity is in the public interest Doug Elliott, a Brookings Institution fellow who worked in finance for 20 years and who was a managing director at JPMorgan from 2006 to 2009, has issued a paper that is partly a reply to some of the points made by Admati and Hellwig, even though he … Read more on The News Journal Unemployment Stories, Vol. 29: 'I Can't Talk About Our Misery With Anyone … About eight years ago I left the major metro because layoffs were coming and I was offered a managing editor position at a small newspaper. I took the job, and five years ago I was laid off. … Depression? You betcha. Self-hatred and loss of pride? A … Read more on Gawker Read more... ...