by Bill Scher | Oct 13, 2010 | Blog
The world is rightly cheering the ongoing rescue of the trapped Chilean miners. But let's not forget how they got there: horrible safety regulations and enforcement. In These Times' Lindsey Beyerstein reported back in August that the miners would have escaped right...
by Bill Scher | Oct 13, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Editor's Note: We're publishing a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 13, 2010 | Blog
Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul top a list of 55 signers of a letter to the White House Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform calling on the commission "in the strongest terms" to "include among its recommendations substantial reductions"...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 12, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The foreclosure fraud scandal is a big deal (or a big "effin'" deal, as Joe Biden might say). But its real significance is an even bigger deal. Foreclosure fraud is one domino, and if it falls others will follow. The result could be an end to the "invisible bailout" -...
by Zach Carter | Oct 12, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
If senior White House adviser David Axelrod’s comments this weekend are any indication, the Obama administration is woefully misreading the foreclosure fraud crisis currently gripping the U.S. economy. Axelrod refused to commit the administration to a national...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 12, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Two seemingly unrelated stories from the past week illustrate a fundamental problem with today's financial system. While this problem may seem "philosophical" or abstract, it's very real, and we won't put our economy back on a sound footing until we get a handle on...
