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It's Still Tough To Curb CEO Pay After Five Years Of Dodd-Frank
The say-on-pay provision in the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill is not having the impact its advocates had hoped for. Five years later, executive pay packages are the highest they have ever been.
What You Need To Know About John Kasich
Ohio governor John Kasich, the 16th candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, is neither the moderate Republican nor the “compassionate conservative” he pretends to be, but he still won’t get the nomination.
Who Said This About Conservative Warmongers? Obama, or Reagan?
Who said this? "I think that some of the people who are objecting the most and just refusing even to accede to the idea of ever getting any understanding ... down in their deepest thoughts, have accepted that war is inevitable."
Cheaters Never Win ... Unless the SEC Lets Them
Dodd-Frank was an attempt to make sure executives could not profit from cooking the books, but unless the SEC cracks down on accounting fraud, executives still have every incentive to fire up their burners.
Progressive Breakfast
McConnell May Unveil Transportation Bill Today Senate Majority expresses confidence in bipartisan deal. The Hill: "...the Kentucky Republican is keeping the details close to his chest ... An initial list of offsets circulated among lawmakers and lobbyists included a...
Bank Reform Five Years Later: Still Incomplete
Today is the fifth anniversary of the passage of Dodd-Frank, the complicated legislation designed to reform Wall Street after it blew up the economy. With finance still bloated, much more needs to be done.
How the Billionaires Bought Justice For Scott Walker
Scott Walker is the perfect example of how billionaires can purchase justice to protect their pet politicians. That’s why the Wisconsin Supreme Court dropped its probe into whether Walker criminally violated campaign finance law.
Workers In The Sharing Economy Need Shared Security
Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer has proposed a way for workers in the "gig economy" to have such benefits as a living wage, health insurance, paid vacations and sick leave, and retirement savings.
How Goldman Sachs Profited from the Greek Debt Crisis
The Greek debt crisis offers another illustration of Wall Street’s powers of persuasion and predation, although the Street is missing from most accounts. The crisis was exacerbated years ago by a deal with Goldman Sachs.
Progressive Breakfast
Call To End Gerrymandering Hedrick Smith calls for grassroots movement to end gerrymandering: "...take heart – and take a cue – from the recent Supreme Court decision that casts a shadow on partisan gerrymandering ... the high Court declared that rank-and-file voters...
