Business

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

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