AMY GOODMAN: The House approved an $819 billion stimulus package Wednesday, marking one of the most expensive pieces of legislation ever to…
William Greider
(January 15, 2009 ) The nation’s fast-darkening circumstances define the essential dilemma of Barack Obama’s presidency. His instinct is to govern by…
Henry Paulson’s $700 billion plan to save the world is dead or dying, but the bailout was not killed by his arrogance…
The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the…
American capitalism is having a nervous breakdown, losing confidence and acting out in self-destructive ways. Let’s try talk therapy. No, wait, it’s…
Our country is at a rare and dangerous juncture. The old order is crumbling, and virtually all the centers of power that…
Wall Street put a gun to the head of the politicians and said, Give us the money–right now–or take the blame for…
(September 17, 2008) — For the first time in this unfolding financial crisis, I felt personally scared by the news. Not about…
Washington can act with breathtaking urgency when the right people want something done. In this case, the people are Wall Street’s titans,…
The collapse of Enron has swiftly morphed into a go-to-jail financial scandal, laden with the heavy breathing of political fixers, but Enron…
