by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 1, 2011 | Blog
In just seven years, the top annual pay for hedge fund managers has jumped from just over $1 billion to just shy of five times that total. The hedge fund industry’s trade journal has just released its annual figures for hedge fund manager earnings. The big...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 31, 2011 | Blog
"Dance with the one that brung you." It's an old saying, and an unwritten rule in politics: stick with the strategy and/or constituency that "brung you" to power, if you want to stay in power. Dance with the one that brung you, or you might not...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 31, 2011 | Blog
Why are Republicans forcing a government shutdown and doing other things aimed at blowing up the economy? The question isn’t “are they,” it is why are they? Their election strategy for 2010 was to obstruct everything and keep the economy from creating jobs, and then...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 31, 2011 | Blog
Bloggers always wonder why Democrats couldn’t get anything done even when they had a solid majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate, while Republicans get everything they want even when they are in the minority. Take the current budget negotiations, for...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 31, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
The mortgage crisis in this country doesn't get much attention in Washington these days, but it's huge. It's so huge, in fact, that it dwarfs most of the economic issues that have Washington in their grip. It's so huge that it's dragging down our entire economy. It's...
