California Budget Blues California Budget Blues
If Citigroup is too big to fail, isn't the state of California? How the national economy can snap back to health if the federal government refuses to help?
May 27, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Our Loss is BlackRock’s Gain Our Loss is BlackRock’s Gain
The unregulated hedge fund calls the shots in the government's trillion-dollar bailout program--snapping up bad loans some of its execs originally marketed.
May 20, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Torture Enablers The Torture Enablers
If Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers lacked the authority to publicly question a policy of torture, how can we condemn soldiers who thought it their duty to follow orders?
May 13, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Cashing in on ‘Government Sachs’ Cashing in on ‘Government Sachs’
The chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank made millions off his secret purchase of Goldman Sachs stock. But where's the outrage?
May 6, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Clinton Bubble The Clinton Bubble
Obama's allowing the same Clinton-era policy makers who set us up for financial crisis make economic policy. What happened to the socially conscious guy we voted for?
Apr 29, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Thievery Under TARP Thievery Under TARP
We're being robbed. A scathing report by the Treasury Department's inspector general says the TARP program is mismanaged and rife with potential fraud.
Apr 22, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Judgment Day for Tax Cheats Judgment Day for Tax Cheats
GOP "tea-baggers" take note: The Justice Department is closing in on offshore tax cheats. And former Sen. Phil Gramm, their chief enabler, could be caught in the net.
Apr 15, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Summers: Living Large and in Charge Summers: Living Large and in Charge
Larry Summers earned $8 million from Wall Street last year. Doesn't anyone in Congress care about the conflict?
Apr 8, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
In for a Penny, In for $2.98 Trillion In for a Penny, In for $2.98 Trillion
The money involved in the auto bailout is chump change compared with what Wall Street got, and it is far better spent.
Apr 1, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Obama’s Toxic Advisers Obama’s Toxic Advisers
Obama's nomination of Gary Gensler to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is yet another example of how the president has entrusted his economic policy to the wrong peopl...
Mar 25, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer