Money for Nothing Money for Nothing
Big profits on Wall Street, and the big bonuses they fund, are not justified by the marketplace.
Aug 12, 2009 / Editorial / Jeff Madrick
Letting the Banking Rats Out of the Bag Letting the Banking Rats Out of the Bag
The average American is paying for the banking debacle not only in taxes for the bailout but with lost jobs and homes.
Aug 12, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Banking Bandits Get Their Reward Banking Bandits Get Their Reward
By now everybody must know that the top banking executives responsible for our economic meltdown have no shame.
Aug 5, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Jon Stewart Blasts Beck for Bin Laden Bull Jon Stewart Blasts Beck for Bin Laden Bull
Jon Stewart is appalled by Beck and his guest Michael Scheuer's suggestion that Bin Laden should attack the US again to change Obama's policies.
Jul 2, 2009 / Video / The Daily Show
The Root of Madoff’s Evil The Root of Madoff’s Evil
Congress should not be fooled by the argument of Wall Street lobbyists that Bernard Madoff was a lone rotten apple now safely discarded.
Jul 1, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bucking the Banks Bucking the Banks
How can we expect the experts to reform the financial system when it's experts who got us into this mess to begin with?
Jun 24, 2009 / Editorial / Chris Hayes
Foreclosure Fiasco Foreclosure Fiasco
The Bush-Obama strategy of throwing trillions at the banks to solve the mortgage crisis is a huge bust. Will the president be able to extricate us from this mess?
Jun 24, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Obama’s False Financial Reform Obama’s False Financial Reform
What's missing in the President's call for reform are concrete rules that address a dysfunctional banking system. Slow down the rush to weak solutions.
Jun 19, 2009 / Editorial / William Greider
The Most Important Financial Journalist of Her Generation The Most Important Financial Journalist of Her Generation
Long before most in the business press rose to the challenge, Gretchen Morgenson was reporting that the financial sector had gone rogue.
Jun 17, 2009 / Feature / Dean Starkman
Obama’s Money Men Finally Get It Obama’s Money Men Finally Get It
Unveiling new proposals to regulate Wall Street, Geithner and Summers now condemn the shenanigans they once abetted and celebrated.
Jun 17, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer