What AIG Started What AIG Started
As promised here's my comment in this week's issue on the AIG bonus issue. It's behind a sub-wall, but I'm just gonna yank it out and post it here: The infamous letter from AIG C...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Another Way to Recoup The Bonuses Another Way to Recoup The Bonuses
Like everyone I've been following the AIG brouhaha, though with more than a bit of skepticism at the howls of outrage from the political class. (I have some more extended thoughts...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
AIG Lights a Fire AIG Lights a Fire
A new kind of economic populism is driving grassroots protests to nationalize, reorganize and decentralize the financial system.
Mar 18, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Which Side Are You On? Which Side Are You On?
Every Democratic elected official must answer an old but newly relevant question: are you for or against labor unions?
Mar 18, 2009 / Chris Hayes
What to Expect This Week on the Hill What to Expect This Week on the Hill
Lots, lots lots going on, as the budget begins to wend its way through both houses. Greg Kaufmann has the goods: This Week on the Hill The Senate will take yet another shot at a...
Mar 16, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Week in Review Week in Review
From Greg Kaufmann: This week Congress finished -- finally -- some leftover business from the Bush era. After fights over earmarks, automatic pay raises, and anything else Repub...
Mar 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Healthcare Enemy No. 1 Healthcare Enemy No. 1
Hospital magnate Rick Scott, the face of GOP resistance to healthcare reform, has won the Florida Republican gubernatorial primary.
Mar 11, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Times’ New Conservative The Times’ New Conservative
Word is official that the Atlantic's Ross Douthat will get the coveted Times Op-Ed slot left vacant by Bill Kristol. Notwithstanding my desire to see more women on Op-Ed pages (and...
Mar 11, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Why Should We Listen to Simon Johnson? Why Should We Listen to Simon Johnson?
Simon Johnson, the former IMF economist has become the Lil Wayne of meltdown commentary. He's everywhere: This American Life, Fresh Air, TPM, etc. And I've found him incredibly pe...
Mar 10, 2009 / Chris Hayes
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
Greg Kaufmann's got the preview: This Week on the Hill It's like the movie Groundhog Day -- only with Harry Reid trying to woo Republicans so he can finally get cloture -- as th...
Mar 9, 2009 / Chris Hayes