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Pimp My Bailout
Trish Wend | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business
The Sick Man of the North Atlantic
Eric Margolis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
Money, observed the witty British thinker Malcolm Muggeridge, is the homogenized form of power. No more money, no more power. The great imperialist ...
Trust Us, We Are Wall Street
Juliet Jeske | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
Roads to Perdition
John Marshall | Posted 10.03.2008 | Entertainment
All anyone ever talks about now is Wall Street and Main Street, as if these were the only two streets in the universe. Well, there are plenty of other streets getting no media coverage. Here is a brief summary...
Fiscal Lessons from the Monopoly Man
Ted Mulkerin | Posted 10.02.2008 | Business
Now amidst the carnage, there is talk of fiscal molly-coddling from the Community Chest. Hogwash! There is not and, to the best of my knowledge never has been, any such thing as "Free Parking."
What the Failure of the Bailout Package Means to the Presidential Race
Robert Creamer | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics
It was the right-wing Republicans who prevented the success of yesterday's publicly unpopular bailout -- and ironically, it will be the fortunes of the right that suffer most as a result. Here's why.
A New Deal, or a New New Deal?
Howard A. Rodman | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics
If we don't use this crisis as an opportunity, the pigs at the trough certainly will -- as they did after 9/11, and as Paulson and his gravediggers have been doing for the past few weeks.
The Failure of "Because I Say So"
Harry Shearer | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics
As an American typically ignorant of the arcane ways of the financial wizards, what was missing for me in the scare talk last week was somebody who could put the danger in concrete terms.
How Politics Trumped Governance
Ron Suskind | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics
So, how did we get a war inside the Republican party that may leave the economy in shambles? Look to the end of last week, when McCain made his odd Washington cameo.
Joe Klein: McCain's "Puerile Histrionics" On Bailout Only Hurt
Time | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics
I don't blame John McCain for not rounding up enough Republican votes to get this bailout bill through the House of Representatives--he's not a member...
The McCain Mutiny and Congress Courageous
Howard Schweber | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics
This week Congress did the one thing I never would have expected: the members of Congress lived up to their responsibilities. In both houses, in both parties.
The Middle Class Must Not Be Forced to Bail Out Wall Street Greed
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics
This proposal is an unacceptable attempt to force middle income families to pick up the cost of fixing the horrendous economic mess that is the product of the Bush administration's deregulatory fever and Wall Street's insatiable greed.
The Bail Out Boondoggle
Charles Hillestad | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home
Does anyone still believe the GOP stands for financial security or conservatism? Isn't that just code for lining fat-cat pockets with our money? At what point does greed become a threat to national security?
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Lee Camp | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business