Economy

Make Freddie and Fannie Go Green Make Freddie and Fannie Go Green

Don't just bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: require them to start building environmentally responsible homes.

Jul 24, 2008 / Editorial / James S. Henry and Brent Blackwelder

How Wall Street Wrecked Your Retirement How Wall Street Wrecked Your Retirement

The architects of America's disfunctional financial system allowed Wall Street gamble with our retirement savings--and now they appear to have lost it.

Jul 23, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Attack of the Global Pirate Bankers Attack of the Global Pirate Bankers

For decades, the world's largest banks have been helping wealthy Americans steal billions in unpaid taxes. What are we going to do about it?

Jul 22, 2008 / Feature / James S. Henry

Naomi Klein Outfoxes Fox Naomi Klein Outfoxes Fox

Naomi Klein debunks Bush's offshore drilling plan on Fox Business News' Happy Hour Program.

Jul 18, 2008 / Video / YouTube

Tough Love for Bankers Tough Love for Bankers

Our current financial disaster is the real legacy of the Reagan Revolution. So why don't we let the deregulated banking industry sink or swim?

Jul 16, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

IndyMac Crash: Portrait of a Panic IndyMac Crash: Portrait of a Panic

America is shaken by images of panicked customers lined up to withdraw money from the failed IndyMac Bank.

Jul 15, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Kai Wright Explains the Subprime Swindle Kai Wright Explains the Subprime Swindle

Nation magazine contributor Kai Wright discusses his July 14 article about the mortgage crisis and its effect on the black middle class.

Jul 10, 2008 / Video / The Nation Video and Brett Story

Disaster Capitalists Reap Profits Disaster Capitalists Reap Profits

As the planet is rocked by multiple shocks, here's a look at how disaster capitalists are reaping the benefits--leveraging the Iraq War, the push for arctic drilling and the global...

Jul 2, 2008 / Column / Naomi Klein

A man ekes out a living scavenging on a garbage dump in the Philippines.

A New Geological Era for Earth A New Geological Era for Earth

As human actions change the planet in irreversable ways, will human bonds suffer irreversable damage, too?

Jun 27, 2008 / Feature / Mike Davis

Mortgage Industry Bankrupts Black America Mortgage Industry Bankrupts Black America

How the mortgage industry stole black America's hard-won wealth.

Jun 26, 2008 / Feature / Kai Wright

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