by Richard Eskow | Mar 28, 2013 | Blog
We all know the banking system is broken. It's easy to become pessimistic in the face of corporate and political corruption, but the system can be changed. We've done it before, and we can do it again. One pathway to genuine reform is "public banking": the...
by Digby | Mar 28, 2013 | Blog
It would seem so: Speaking to Megyn Kelly about the Supreme Court's hearing on Proposition 8, O'Reilly--who has previously compared gay marriage to bestiality--appeared to have "evolved" on the subject. He said he didn't "feel that strongly" about gay marriage "one...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog
The International Federation of Health Plans has depicted our ridiculous health care system in 21 graphs. We don't get more health care; we just pay more -- much more. And this entirely accounts for the scary long-term deficit projections. If we paid what every other...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog
I was chatting with my neighbor this weekend, as we watched our children playing together, she brought up the subject of the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments for and against marriage equality today. We discussed the odds that the court will ultimately overturn the...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog
The debacle in Cyprus is far from over, but it's already taught us some very important lessons. We've seen, for example, that the world's financial leaders insist on clinging to the principles of austerity economics even after they've failed over and over again. They...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 25, 2013 | Blog
There is a lesson from the Cyprus situation: If you are a large depositor you need to watch your back bank. You can't just assume someone will bail out the banks -- and you. The big banks have been able to keep governments from reigning them in, while getting...
