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Ford and the Führer (Corporations, US Wars and Military Action)

Research assistance provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.

Ken Silverstein
Microsoft's Fatal Error (Internet and New Media, Corporations, Mergers and Antitrust, Society)

Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's factual findings in United States v. Microsoft, released November 5, spell the doom of Microsoft as we have known it.

Eben Moglen
George W. Bush: Calling for Philip Morris (Presidential Election 2000, George W. Bush, Corporations, Politics)

The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund provided research support.

Bob Dreyfuss
A Nike Sneak (Sweatshops, Corporations)

On January 11 Joseph Ha, a Nike vice president, sent what he thought was a confidential letter to Cu Thi Hau, Vietnam's highest-ranking labor official.

Eyal Press
Smoke in Starr's Chamber (Bill Clinton, Corporate Lobbying, Corporations)

This essay is adapted from Thomas Ferguson's "Blowing Smoke: Who Wants Clinton Impeached And Why," for American Democracy in the Twenty-First Century, edited by William Crotty.

Thomas Ferguson

Blogs

Romney's Obscene Posturing As A Wall Street Critic
George Zornick

The Republican candidate is trying to shield Wall Street from regulation, while simultaneously pretending to be a reformer.

October 4, 2012
Why Subsidize CEOs?
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Performance bonuses are tax deductible and subsidies for executive excess add up to over $14 billion a year. Enough is enough.

August 23, 2012
We Can Curb Financial Speculation [VIDEO]
Laura Flanders

If every trade carried a cost, how quickly do you think Wall St. would rein in the robots?

August 3, 2012
Mitt Romney's Bankster Ball
John Nichols

With the soon-to-be GOP nominee collecting checks from executives of banks tied to the Libor scandal, Americans have a right to ask which team Romney is on.

July 26, 2012
Marissa Mayer as CEO: Don’t Expect Trickle-Down Feminism
Bryce Covert

Yahoo’s appointment of a female CEO is historic, but that doesn’t mean she’s coming in with plans to blaze trails for other women.

July 18, 2012
Will Britain's Libor Scandal Finally Force Real Bank Reform in the US?
John Nichols

The head of the Bank of England now says bankers’ lies about interest rates “meet my definition of fraud.” Will US officials finally crack down?

July 17, 2012
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fighting Back in the Age of the Super PACs
Nation in the News

In an election landscape where corporate power is virtually unchecked, some local governments are taking matters into their own hands.

July 16, 2012
Workers vs. Investors: Chicago Window Factory in Danger of Liquidation
Laura Flanders

The workers at Republic Windows and Doors have formed a co-op, New Era Windows, and made a bid to buy the plant. The factory’s current owners seem intent on selling off its parts instead.

July 4, 2012
Independence for Indy Publisher Chelsea Green
Laura Flanders

Chelsea Green employees celebrated July 4th this year, not only independent but as brand-new employee-owners of their company.

July 4, 2012
This Is What a Businessman in the White House Looks Like
Ben Adler

That CEOs make better presidents has been Romney’s mantra, but a quick look at history says otherwise.

June 21, 2012
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