by Richard Eskow | May 10, 2012 | Blog
You don't have to be good at your job to earn seven million dollars in a year. All you need is a few friends in the right places - places like the Federal Reserve, the Justice Department and the Treasury Department. As the song says: "If I had a friend like Ben ..."...
by Richard Eskow | May 7, 2012 | Blog
And another one bites the dust. French President Nicolas Sarkozy just became the latest politician to lose his job because he wouldn't let economic experience—or political common sense—sway him from the path of austerity. Will Sarkozy's downfall help Democrats learn...
by Richard Eskow | May 4, 2012 | Blog
Here's a walk down memory lane that's worth taking, even if it makes your blood pressure spike a little: Three years ago Tim Geithner was in the position of having to explain why the Federal government wasn't going to nationalize the nation's failing banks. In 2009...
by Richard Eskow | May 2, 2012 | Blog
"Hmm," writes a blogger. "Liberals need to get off their fainting couches." It's in an argument for cutting Social Security benefits - and it comes from a liberal. Benefit cuts would hurt millions of disabled and elderly people, harm our economy, and wound our social...
by Richard Eskow | May 1, 2012 | Blog
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is the United States of America. Our pilot and crew are under the influence of unseen forces. Our position is unknown and our time is growing short. We have 311 million souls on board. We are in urgent need of assistance. There's "May Day"...
