by Richard Eskow | May 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
A lot of people have attacked JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon over the years, including this author. After today’s shareholder votes at JPM, Mark Gongloff is right to describe Dimon as a “cult leader.” Gongloff quotes critics, like Public Citizen’s Bart Naylor who...
by Richard Eskow | May 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last week I wrote to the Executive Vice President of CBS News asking for a comment on Lesley Stahl's unpublicized withdrawal from the Advisory Board of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The inquiry was acknowledged and forwarded on to the press officer for 60 Minutes....
by Richard Eskow | May 19, 2013 | Blog
The day may come when the worst nightmare a crooked banker or compromised regulator can have begins with the words, "You have a letter from Senator Warren." But before we get to that, here's an experience that may seem familiar: You’re at a party or family...
by Richard Eskow | May 18, 2013 | Blog
These days the economic news reads like some strange collaboration between John Steinbeck and Eugene Ionesco, a mashup of The Grapes of Wrath and The Bald Soprano. Grim statistics of poverty, lost hope, and widespread tragedy - the stuff of human reality - are...
by Richard Eskow | May 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Simpson and Bowles, those two hired pitchmen for budget-cutting hysteria, are still hawking an economy-killing product called "austerity economics," a product that's designed to benefit their wealthy patrons at everybody else's expense. This philosophy provides some...
