by Richard Eskow | Jul 16, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFntSIjxIaw[/fve] Sen. Sherrod Brown discusses Social Security expansion with Richard (RJ) Eskow on The Zero Hour William Galston writes in the Wall Street Journal about a Republican senator’s plans to force a confrontation on...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog
The Justice Department's settlement with Citigroup was finally announced Monday. A $7 billion settlement against a too-big-to-fail bank? What’s not to love? We’ll answer that with another question: If the settlement that the Justice Department just negotiated with...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 11, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
Pop quiz: Which bank is widely considered too big to fail, needed (and got) a $45 billion government loan during the financial crisis, recently failed a stress test performed by the Federal Reserve – and has enjoyed a revolving-door relationship with both the Clinton...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 8, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
It was good to hear President Obama say that reining in Wall Street’s high-risk behavior is an “unfinished piece of business.” It would be even better if this observation were quickly followed by action - the kind of concrete action he can take immediately, with or...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 3, 2014 | Blog
The event we celebrate on the Fourth of July is not America’s victory over Great Britain. The British weren’t defeated until September 3, 1783. July 4, 1776 is the day the Continental Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence. That’s the day...
