Left and Right Left and Right
If nationalizing banks is suddenly on the table, what else might be placed there?
Oct 16, 2008 / Editorial / The Editors
Predatory Scapegoating Predatory Scapegoating
The real scandal of the year is that Eliot Spitzer, brought low by his own bad behavior, had predatory lenders in his sights.
Oct 16, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Debtor Nation Debtor Nation
The Supreme Court has done little to protect a nation of debtors from predatory lending practices.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / Robert M. Lawless
Paulson’s Bailout Beast Paulson’s Bailout Beast
Henry Paulson's latest plan takes us further down to road to state capitalism, whose only principle is to protect the bankers who created the problem.
Oct 15, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Hoover, 2008: McCain’s Bogus Reform Hoover, 2008: McCain’s Bogus Reform
For years, John McCain backed legislation that decriminalized Wall Street's reckless conduct. No amount of New Deal posturing can hide that record.
Oct 15, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Paulson’s Plan B Paulson’s Plan B
The Treasury Secretary's decision to buy equity stakes in banks still fails to address the fundamental flaws in the system.
Oct 14, 2008 / Editorial / Nomi Prins
McCain and the Meltdown McCain and the Meltdown
Robert Sherrill's pathbreaking 1990 exposé of the savings and loan scandal sheds light on John McCain's deregulatory politics--and our current financial crisis.
Oct 9, 2008 / Feature / The Nation
Break Wall Street’s Money Monopoly Break Wall Street’s Money Monopoly
As the next Congress creates a new regulatory structure for our crippled financial system, job one is breaking Wall Street's grip on capital and credit.
Oct 2, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Born-Again Democracy Born-Again Democracy
Congress must take control of the failed financial system until a new president can legislate a more permanent and equitable solution.
Oct 1, 2008 / Editorial / William Greider
Regional Banks Can Solve the Credit Crisis Regional Banks Can Solve the Credit Crisis
Take a lesson from Andrew Jackson: Rely on regional banks, not Wall Street, to get money in the hands of people who need it.
Sep 26, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman