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April 28, 2009
As Good as Their Word
Bank of America’s Ken Lewis has done his bit to reinforce the idea that the CEOs who got us into this mess are a pack of liars.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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April 24, 2009
Are Banks Struggling, or Scamming?
After all the help that’s been given to banks or extorted from the public, we have the feeling financial institutions are not doing much with the money.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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April 14, 2009
The Upside of Piracy
The rise of blue-water criminals may not be anything to cheer about, but it just might force us to consume less foreign oil.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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April 14, 2009
Obama’s Wall Street Rat Pack
President Obama needs to ditch the idiot savants of high finance and bring in advisers dedicated to doing something more than gaming the economy.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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March 10, 2009
The Coming Economic Storm
If unemployment keeps rising and people with jobs stop spending, the atmospherics are right for a typhoon of misery on a scale of what Americans suffered in the early 1930s.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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March 3, 2009
The Second Great Depression
People are beginning to say that the Big One has arrived. But how will we know? And what will it take to emerge from it?
Nicholas von Hoffman
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February 17, 2009
Ghost Story: Put Banks Out of Their Misery
America’s largest financial institutions are insolvent. It’s time to face the truth and take the painful actions that will allow the economy to recover.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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February 11, 2009
Foreclosed Americans Fight Back
As a horrified nation sees millions evicted, community organizations–and at least one lawmaker–advise them to hold their ground.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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February 5, 2009
Settling Scores With Wall Street
A lot of angry people in America are lusting to bring Wall Street geniuses who engineered the financial collapse to justice. And they just might succeed.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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January 27, 2009
Lost Your Job? Tell Your Story
To take center stage in the current debate, joblessness must be made real in personal and policy terms. Jobless Americans, tell us what happened–and what you need most.
Nicholas von Hoffman