by Bill Scher | Oct 24, 2008 | Blog
On Wednesday I lamented the conservative addiction to misinformation, citing the example of the false attacks on Sen. Barack Obama's tax plan, and specifically criticizing my regular bloggingheads.tv sparring partner Conn Carroll of the Heritage Foundation. The...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 24, 2008 | Blog
It was 79 years ago today that the 1929 Wall Street Crash marked the beginning of America's slide into the Great Depression. As we find ourselves in the middle of an economic crisis — during which the Great Depression has been referenced by just about everyone...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 24, 2008 | Blog
It marks the end of an era. Alan Greenspan, the maestro, defender of the market fundamentalist faith, champion of deregulation, celebrator of exotic banking inventions, admitted Thursday in a hearing before Rep. Henry Waxman’s House Committee and Oversight and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 23, 2008 | Blog
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan today engaged in an attempt to rewrite history that was so egregious that even CNBC anchor Mark Haines, a free-market cheerleader, was aghast. The offense was on the first page of Greenspan's written testimony before the...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 23, 2008 | Blog
In my work-related news reading this morning, I came across an interesting take on Obama's exchange with "Joe the Plumber." The truth is that Obama in Ohio spoke the language of American democracy, which has always included a perception that wealth is a form of power,...
by Bill Scher | Oct 23, 2008 | Blog
Earlier this week I expressed some hope that the traditional media would accurately cover the debate over how to best get our economy back on track: r
