by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 2, 2010 | Blog
Will Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., be seduced by the siren song of bipartisanship and allow the nation's largest banks to gamble with what amounts to a taxpayer-paid insurance policy? There was a somewhat encouraging word from Dodd at...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog
For a short period on NYTimes.com today, there was a compelling juxtaposition of stories: In one column, President Obama proposes a budget that "pivots to trim future deficits." Next to that story is a photo of firefighters in New York City fighting a blaze in which...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending millions of dollars in an over-the-top campaign to turn small business owners against strong financial reforms in general and the creation of a consumer financial protection agency in particular, But one poll indicates that the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 28, 2010 | Blog
Though progressives have not succeeded in blocking Ben Bernanke's renomination as chairman of the Federal Reserve—which was always a long-shot proposition—we now have on the historical record a detailed critique of his record during the financial crisis that we might...
