by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2013 | Blog
A new press release says that forty more corporate CEOs, including JetBlue's, have joined a covert lobbying group for Wall Street, billionaires and the defense industry called "Fix the Debt." Fix the Debt is attacking Social Security, Medicare and other vital...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 11, 2013 | Blog
Well, there they go again. Less than a week after its chief economist apologized for wrongly imposing austerity on European nations – hey, sorry about that, unemployed millions! – the International Monetary Fund is misleading another country into the miasma of...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 9, 2013 | Blog
The job of Treasury secretary is arguably the most important one President Obama will fill in his second term. It's certainly the choice that will most affect the American people's daily lives, future hopes and aspirations. And it may well shape the president's...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 8, 2013 | Blog
It must've been like old home week when the old gang of Wall Street and Washington insiders finalized a couple more cushy settlements last week. Everybody knew the drill: Ignore the potential criminal charges and agree on settlement figures they think the public will...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 6, 2013 | Blog
Three public figures associated with the movement to cut government spending - marketed in this country as "deficit reduction" - appeared in the news this week. It was like a modern-day morality play, those church-sponsored medieval performances meant to dramatize the...
