Perp Walks, Not Bonuses Perp Walks, Not Bonuses
Don't reward the rogue financiers at AIG and Goldman Sachs who enriched themselves while impoverishing millions. Investigate them.
Mar 18, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Fixing the Fed Fixing the Fed
To restore the nation's broken financial system, Washington must reform the Federal Reserve.
Mar 11, 2009 / Feature / William Greider
UBS: Washington’s Old Friend Is Now a Foe UBS: Washington’s Old Friend Is Now a Foe
After years of hiding US money in their Swiss offices, UBS faces a Senate committee made up of legislators under their payroll.
Mar 10, 2009 / American News Project
A Bank Bailout That Works A Bank Bailout That Works
Banks have polluted the economy; it's a matter of equity and efficiency that they clean it up.
Mar 5, 2009 / Feature / Joseph E. Stiglitz
Watch Out for Stimulus Profiteers Watch Out for Stimulus Profiteers
As we rebuild America's aging infrastructure, let's make sure taxpayer money goes to those who need it and doesn't line the pockets of those who knew how to play the game.
Feb 21, 2009 / Feature / Anthony Shorris
Ghost Story: Put Banks Out of Their Misery 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.
Feb 17, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
CEOs Attempt to ‘Rebrand’ Bonuses CEOs Attempt to ‘Rebrand’ Bonuses
They just don't get it. The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses the refusal of Wall Street CEOs to let their unearned bonuses go.
Feb 12, 2009 / Countdown
Screwed by the Fine Print Screwed by the Fine Print
Hidden in the fine print of credit card agreements, patient consent forms and job contracts is an arbitration clause that deprives you of your rights. Congress needs to fix that.
Feb 10, 2009 / Feature / Kia Franklin
Settling Scores With Wall Street 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.
Feb 5, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Wall Street in Washington Wall Street in Washington
Of the three tax-challenged Obama appointees, only Timothy Geithner has survived. Is that luck or is there still something special about being from Wall Street?
Feb 4, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer