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  • Letter to Rt. Hon. George Osborne UK Exchequer dated 3 May 2012 — "I would be an idiot..." re bank capital requirements misconception (PDF)
  • Letter to Jean-Claude Trichet ECB Frankfurt dated 10 AUG 2011 re Euro Area Sovereign Debt Redemption (PDF)
  • Open letter to Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission with copies to the Governors of the Eurozone's central banks dated 5 August 2011 re Sovereign Debt Redemption (PDF)

  • Open Letter to President Obama - Remarks on the Economy 14 DEC 2009 encouring bankers to lend White House press release
  • The Global Financial Crisis - Result of an Accounting Perversion? by Michael Schemmann 05 October 2009 (PDF)
  • U.S. Banking Reform 2010 - a proposal by Michael Schemmann 26 August 2009 (PDF)
  • Open Letter to President Obama, Fed Chairman Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Geithner re Banking Reform (PDF)
  • Misconceived Men of Très Haute Banque: Our Bankers by Michael Schemmann November 2009, 40 pages available at Amazon.com

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  • Irving Fisher: "100% Money & the Public Debt" - Economic Forum article spring 1936 available at Amazon.com
  • Irving Fisher: The Works of Irving Fisher 14 Volumes available from Pickering & Chatto, London including Vol. 11 100% Money
  • Indian Currency and Finance by John Maynard Keynes (1913) London: Macmillan (PDF 263 pages)
  • Essays in Persuasion Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren - John Maynard Keynes (1930) (HTML 16 pages)
  • Five Key Accounting Issues to Watch in 2009 IFRS | XBRL | Fair Value| Financial Presidentation Project | FAS 5 Accounting for Contingent Liabilities - Alix Stuart in CFO Magazine 01 January 2009
  • Obama's Unsung Hero:  Global Financial Crisis: A window-opportunity to restructure America's banking system. - Michael Schemmann (November 2008)
  • Why Banks Keep On Failing On Money, Banking, and the Basel II Capital Accord - Michael Schemmann (December 2007)
  • 'Absolutely brilliant, superb news' - Lesley Bolton (Accountancy Magazine, 31 December 2007)
  • Global accounting rules take a big step closer - Nicholas Rummell (FINANCIAL WEEK November 2007)
        The main criticism of switching to IFRS here is that it is a half-baked standard, with too many differences from GAAP. Furthermore, international
        auditing standards have yet to be fully developed, and that process has been slower than the development of accounting standards.
  • ICAEW's 1st report card on IFRS: can do better - AccountancyAge (October 2007)
  • IASB chief vows to produce one global standard - AccountancyAge (October 2007)
  • Called to account - Nicolas Véron (FINANCIAL WORLD May 2007)
  • SEC's IFRS Proposal. Be Careful What You Wish For - Jack Ciesielski (SEEKING ALPHA May 2007)
  • IFRS - The Way Forward - CA. Dolphy D'Souza, E&Y (The Chartered Accountant - India, May 2007)
  • Oil major's FD slates firms over IFRS - David Jetuah (AccountancyAge April 2007)
  • Book Corner: Are You a Firm of the Past? - Interview with Ron Baker (SmartPros 2007)
  • How IFRS has destabilised financial reporting for UK non-listed entities - Stella Fearnley, Tony Hines (EMERALD 2007)
  • GAAP Hierachy - Richard Paul, Practice Fellow (FASB September 2006/March 2007)
  • Inconsistencies in Existing US-GAAP - Timothy B. Forsyth, Philip R. Witmer, and Michael T. Dugan (NYSSCPA May 2005)
  • The Future of Accounting - Jack Le Moine, CPA, PC (ACCOUNTING ADVICE September 2004)
  • Future Standards Setting - Mike Ng (NYSSCPA February 2004)
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