Iran Hawks Take Wing Iran Hawks Take Wing
You've got to worry when bipartisan hawks flock together. And you've got to worry even more when those hawks are targeting Iran, and writing op-eds in the Wall Street Journal with...
Sep 23, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Is Paulson’s Bailout Proposal Constitutional? No Is Paulson’s Bailout Proposal Constitutional? No
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson draft proposal for the bailout of struggling financial-services firms sought to make himself the most powerful unelected official in American hist...
Sep 23, 2008 / John Nichols
Give Main Street a Fair Shake Give Main Street a Fair Shake
The Administration has put a corporate-led bailout on the table with the threat that Congress pass it as is or face aworldwide economic catastrophe. We've seen this kind of shoc...
Sep 22, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bailout Satire Bailout Satire
Add your own toxic holdings to the big shitpile here. I almost missed this email because it was diverted to my spam folder. But apparently Paulson is sending this around: Dear A...
Sep 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Will Barney Cave? Will Barney Cave?
What I'm hearing right now is that there's a lot of frustration with Barney Frank. Pelosi is deferring to him on this and he's being very cagey. Dodd's plan is out and ready to go...
Sep 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Alternatives to the Bailout Alternatives to the Bailout
Dodd's plan is available and I'm digesting it now. The important point here is that the Dems have their own plan: not just fiddling with the margins of the Paulson plan. The rea...
Sep 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
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
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