Business

Breaking the Banks Breaking the Banks

If banks aren't fighting the financial regulatory bill tooth and nail, then you know the reform isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Apr 10, 2010 / Editorial / Chris Hayes

Student Loan Reform Clears Senate Student Loan Reform Clears Senate

  Free public higher education it is not. But for millions of students at the margins, it's real help.

Mar 25, 2010 / The Notion / Richard Kim

Credit Where Due, Geithner Credit Where Due, Geithner

 What Tim Geithner should be getting credit for, it seems to me, is that Lehman Brothers report -- well, not the report, but the cover-up.

Mar 16, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Banking for the People Banking for the People

Across the country, the notion of state-owned banks is catching on.

Mar 11, 2010 / Editorial / John Nichols

Iceland Busts the Banksters Iceland Busts the Banksters

Icelanders have become "the world's first rebels against the idea of clearing up after the mess made by a reckless private bank."

Mar 7, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Friedmanism at the Fed Friedmanism at the Fed

How former New York Fed chair Stephen Friedman made a bundle on the AIG bailout.

Feb 25, 2010 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann

Big Tobacco and the Historians Big Tobacco and the Historians

A tale of seduction and intimidation.

Feb 25, 2010 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Better Uses for Bankers’ Billions Better Uses for Bankers’ Billions

 What could we do with $20 billion? We've got some suggestions.

Feb 24, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Human Interest In Bank Practices Human Interest In Bank Practices

How much senior executives earn, in cash and stock, is public information. How they make it is public too. Trouble is, the two are barely brought together in reporting.

Feb 17, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Slide Show: The Faces of the Media-Lobbying Complex Slide Show: The Faces of the Media-Lobbying Complex

A visual aid to recognize the talking heads of cable news that are leading double lives as paid lobbyists for corporations.

Feb 11, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

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