Fail and Grow Rich on Wall Street Fail and Grow Rich on Wall Street
Welcome to the brave new world of post-bailout capitalism.
Nov 24, 2010 / Robert Scheer
The Man Who Shattered Our Economy The Man Who Shattered Our Economy
Former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill, whose push for radical deregulation of the banking industry did so much to create our financial crisis, seems to be faring quite well in our shatt...
Nov 17, 2010 / Robert Scheer
The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless
It takes a Harvard MBA to raze an economy. Perhaps that is too narrow a judgment given that a law degree from that institution or from Yale University seems to serve as well.
Nov 10, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Payback at the Polls Payback at the Polls
Barack Obama deserved the rebuke he received at the polls for a failed economic policy that consisted of throwing trillions at Wall Street but getting nothing in return.
Nov 3, 2010 / Robert Scheer
The High Price of Patriotism The High Price of Patriotism
It’s over for the US in Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean the death and destruction are about to stop. Quagmires don’t just go away.
Oct 27, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Former Fannie Mae Lobbyist Tom Donilon to Become National Security Adviser Former Fannie Mae Lobbyist Tom Donilon to Become National Security Adviser
Why would President Obama, whose legacy has been sabotaged by a housing crisis that Tom Donilon helped create and conceal, hire him to run the most sensitive position of public t...
Oct 20, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers
The Titanic that is the US housing market has just sprung its biggest leak.
Oct 13, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Hey Michelle, Read My Book Hey Michelle, Read My Book
Surely Michelle Obama knows that this administration has thrown trillions at the banks in hope that they would respond with mortgage relief for struggling homeowners—and got...
Oct 6, 2010 / Robert Scheer
The Big Guy’s on Our Side The Big Guy’s on Our Side
Paul Volcker, head of Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, nailed the cause of our financial hardship in a series of blistering remarks on the sorry state of our economy.
Sep 29, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Sucking Up to the Bankers, II Sucking Up to the Bankers, II
The Obama administration, unwilling to confront Wall Street, surrendered the substance as well as the rhetoric of a meaningful populist response to the faux insurgents of the T...
Sep 28, 2010 / Robert Scheer