by Richard Eskow | Dec 6, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
I don't hate Jamie Dimon. He's smart and hard-working, and undoubtedly wants to believe that his work contributes to society. But his bank continues to harm millions of Americans, and his political activism is helping an entire industry pilfer and endanger the...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 6, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform, Making it in America
Are the Main Street Tea Party members getting "played" by Wall Street and big-corporate billionaires? There is a big, big, big difference between what the regular members and the big-money funders expect. If Tea Party candidates get elected will they do what their...
by A.J. Albrecht | Dec 6, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
On Monday, The International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously voted to recommend that President Obama impose tariffs on the import of Chinese tires for three years. The new administration will have until September 17 to decide what, if any, relief to provide based...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 6, 2010 | Blog
I appeared on the Rick Smith Show this weekend to talk about the Deficit Commission report (it's technically not an official report, but it's being treated like one anyway), and what its recommendations would mean to a lot of people in this country. Rick, who's based...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 5, 2010 | Blog
The National Archives has just released a once-secret report that helps us understand how incredibly much we today coddle the wealthiest among us. Our political order in the United States, a host of observers have noted over recent years, tends to tilt toward the...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 4, 2010 | Blog
The Presidential Deficit Commission has issued its report -- sort of -- and the president has a problem. Like Dr. Frankenstein in the Mary Shelley novel, he built a creature from discarded parts and it took on a life of its own. And like its fictional counterpart,...