Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
A look at the recent financial panic on Wall Street with Nicholas von Hoffman and Nomi Prins. Plus: Immigration raids, foreign policy and the election.
Sep 22, 2008 / Radio Nation
Naomi Klein Discusses Wall St Crisis and ‘Disaster Capitalism’ Naomi Klein Discusses Wall St Crisis and ‘Disaster Capitalism’
The Nation's Naomi Klein discusses how Christmas came early for Wall Street this year--and we're paying the bill.
Sep 22, 2008 / Real Time with Bill Maher
Bridge Loan to Nowhere Bridge Loan to Nowhere
The Paulson/Bernanke bailout plan is not the way to go, unless you work on Wall Street. Even if you do, there are compelling reasons to fear it. Here's what Congress should do inst...
Sep 22, 2008 / Feature / Thomas Ferguson and Robert Johnson
Carnage in Pakistan Carnage in Pakistan
It's possible, of course, that when Alaska Governor Sarah Palin meets Hamid Karzai, the president of of Afghanistan, and Asif Ali Zardari, the president of Pakistan this week, she...
Sep 22, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
We Won’t Get Fooled Again We Won’t Get Fooled Again
The verdict on the Paulson plan is in and it's resounding: take this bailout and shove it. Krugman lays out the chief technical deficiency here. The Politico runs down economists'...
Sep 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Rescue Wall Street–and the Rest of Us Rescue Wall Street–and the Rest of Us
Any Wall Street bailout must also impose tax increases for the wealthy, market reforms and address the needs of middle class Americans caught in the crunch.
Sep 22, 2008 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
John McCain: Crisis Enabler John McCain: Crisis Enabler
The deregulation binge that tanked global markets is a bullet deliberately fired into the economy by ideologues, heedless of the ultimate cost to taxpayers. And John McCain cheered...
Sep 22, 2008 / Feature / Mark Sumner
Capitalizing on Crisis: Insurance Profiteers Demand Deregulation Capitalizing on Crisis: Insurance Profiteers Demand Deregulation
It is safe to say that there is no moment more dangerous for consumers – and citizens --than one of financial panic when the federal government is moving boldly to respond. Reg...
Sep 21, 2008 / John Nichols
John McCain: Fed Should Make the Crisis Worse John McCain: Fed Should Make the Crisis Worse
Brad DeLong is appropriately gobsmacked by this statement from John McCain: Finally, the Federal Reserve should get back to its core business of responsibly managing our money su...
Sep 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Mother of All Bailouts The Mother of All Bailouts
Even without knowing the specifics of Paulson's staggering rescue plan, you can kiss the environment, preschool education and health insurance for all goodbye.
Sep 19, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman