by Richard Eskow | Nov 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Just when it seemed that there was nothing more to learn about the illegal and immoral culture which has permeated JP Morgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, more facts emerge. Its recent Justice Department settlement, which has been oversold as a “$13 billion”...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
I just had a new piece published in Salon.com about Tyler Cowen, the libertarian economist who's been described as "the next Tom Friedman." Cowen is always an interesting and entertaining read, more so than Friedman, but he shares Friedman's infatuation with...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 21, 2013 | Conservatism, Progressive Vision
Listen to the breath, the unbroken message that creates itself from the silence, it rushes towards you now, from those youthfully dead. – Rainer Maria Rilke, “Duino Elegies” Fifty years. That’s how long it’s been since John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Half a century...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Neel Kashkari is a former Goldman Sachs Golden Boy who left that infamous organization to join the Treasury Department, where he was responsible for overseeing $700 billion in bailouts to his former employer and other Wall Street firms. Now he wants to run for...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 18, 2013 | Budget Talks, Retirement Security
This week Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts gave an important speech on the floor of the United State Senate. Said Sen. Warren, “the conversation about retirement and Social Security benefits is not just a conversation about math. At its core, this is a...
