by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 28, 2011 | Blog
The latest figures on Wall Street compensation reveal a recovery that starts — and stops — at America's economic summit. Back in the Great Depression, even at the height of America’s misery, some people made quite a bit of money. Chase National Bank...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 28, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
It's on. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission released its report today, and it's already under attack by the Four Horsemen of the Economic Apocalypse: the Ideologue, the Lobbyist, the Think-Tanker, and the Politician. We've already seen the Maestro transformed...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 28, 2011 | Blog
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by Richard Eskow | Jan 28, 2011 | Blog
LISTEN I spent a few minutes speaking with Gil Gross on KGO Radio in San Francisco during the run-up to yesterday's State of the Union. We talked about the additional financial reforms we still need and the unfair economic privileges the big banks still enjoy. And I...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 28, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's report couldn't come at a better time. At a moment when it seems that Washington would rather forget what happened two years ago, it documents the opportunism, bad judgment, and criminality that crashed the world's economy...
by Josh Rosenblum | Jan 27, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The Social Security Caucus, who could also be known as the “True Grit” Caucus began meeting today in the U.S. Senate as a new sense of urgency grew on the same day as the Tea Party Caucus met. The five Tea Party Senators expressed a willingness to privatize the...