Hedge Fund Managers Beat the Banks Hedge Fund Managers Beat the Banks
Nation editor Christopher Hayes discusses how the top twenty-five hedge fund managers made $25 billion last year and what financial reform can do to correct this inequality.
CA Banks: Who Are They Working For? CA Banks: Who Are They Working For?
Does it seem right to you that a state's ability to stay afloat should be the stuff of secretive betting pools? That's just what's happening.
Apr 1, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Slow March Toward Real Foreclosure Relief Obama’s Slow March Toward Real Foreclosure Relief
Obama's latest fix is a step in the right direction, but just a step.
Mar 26, 2010 / The Notion / Kai Wright
Friedmanism at the Fed II Friedmanism at the Fed II
The House Oversight Committee continues its investigation of former New York Fed Board Chairman Stephen Friedman.
Mar 26, 2010 / The Notion / Greg Kaufmann
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
Giving Power to the Fed Giving Power to the Fed
Kai Wright explains why a consumer protection agency inside the Federal Reserve does not make any sense.
Mar 25, 2010 / Video / Democracy Now!
The Breakdown: Will Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill Protect Consumers? The Breakdown: Will Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill Protect Consumers?
This week on The Breakdown: The time for comprehensive financial reform and consumer protection has finally come. Christopher Hayes asks Demos's Heather McGhee, does Dodd's financi...
Mar 19, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes
Lame Bill from a Lame Duck Lame Bill from a Lame Duck
If you think healthcare reform has been an unsatisfying test of the government's ability to deal with our pressing problems, brace yourself for bigger disappointment in its attempt...
Mar 17, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Californians March into the Heartland Californians March into the Heartland
Holding the budget hostage while state unemployment tops 12 percent, California growers and their political allies have slashed funding for schools and social services. The March f...
Mar 17, 2010 / David Bacon
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