Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea
Max Baucus's scheme to tax the benefits of workers slightly better off--so revenue can be raised for private insurance subsidies--is a lose-lose proposition.
Oct 21, 2009 / Editorial / Steve Early and Rand Wilson
More OutrAIGe More OutrAIGe
Nightmare on Wall Street continues--come March 2010, AIG plans on upping the bonuses for its Financial Products division to nearly $200 million, bringing the total to $426 million ...
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann
Zooming In on the Year’s Biggest Hoax Zooming In on the Year’s Biggest Hoax
If we could get one of the banking lobbyists to float a duct-taped flying saucer balloon, Wolf Blitzer might cover the real hoax.
Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Happy Days? Happy Days?
Happy days are here again--if you're Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase.
Oct 16, 2009 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Female Economics Laureate: Why Only Now? A Female Economics Laureate: Why Only Now?
The first female winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics serves as both a landmark and an alarming reflection of the limited role of women in the physical sciences.
Oct 15, 2009 / Feature / Sarah Stodola
Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth
The healthcare debate has become a convenient distraction from the far more pressing issues surrounding the banking meltdown.
Oct 14, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Memo to Investigators: Dig Deep Memo to Investigators: Dig Deep
The first step toward lasting financial reform is to identify the roots of the crisis.
Oct 8, 2009 / Feature / William Greider
Help Wanted Help Wanted
Benefits extensions and retraining are not sufficient to address the staggering level of unemployment now facing Americans.
Oct 7, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
The Bailout in Under Ten Minutes The Bailout in Under Ten Minutes
How much money did we really spend on the bailouts? Where did it go? Are we getting it back? The Nation's Chris Hayes answers these questions and more.
Oct 6, 2009 / Video / The Nation Video
Do They Take Us for Shmucks? Do They Take Us for Shmucks?
The best arguments for the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency come from the politicians and lobbyists who oppose it.
Oct 2, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann