Banking

Can Debt Spark a Revolution? Can Debt Spark a Revolution?

If Occupy evolves into a debt resistance movement, the results could be explosive.

Sep 5, 2012 / Feature / David Graeber

Students, Beware: Private Student-Loan Companies Are Not Your Friends

Students, Beware: Private Student-Loan Companies Are Not Your Friends Students, Beware: Private Student-Loan Companies Are Not Your Friends

A devastating report reveals the predatory practices behind the $150 billion private student-lending industry.

Sep 4, 2012 / Kay Steiger

We Can Curb Financial Speculation [VIDEO] We Can Curb Financial Speculation [VIDEO]

If every trade carried a cost, how quickly do you think Wall St. would rein in the robots?

Aug 3, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Kamala Harris, Protecting and Serving the 99 Percent Kamala Harris, Protecting and Serving the 99 Percent

When it comes to defending homeowners from the big banks, the California attorney general is on a roll.

Jul 23, 2012 / Sasha Abramsky

Time for ‘Banksters’ to Be Prosecuted Time for ‘Banksters’ to Be Prosecuted

“Everyone does it” is not an adequate excuse. Will bankers depart with their multimillion-dollar rewards intact?

Jul 10, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Finance is Lost. Are Banksters Redeemable? Interview With Former JPMorgan Director John Fullerton (VIDEO) Finance is Lost. Are Banksters Redeemable? Interview With Former JPMorgan Director John Fullerton (VIDEO)

The British banking scandal reveals just how much the world of finance needs an overhaul.

Jul 9, 2012 / Laura Flanders

The Fed’s Elite Clubhouse Rules The Fed’s Elite Clubhouse Rules

Two decades of economic growth in the US has been wiped out, but all is going swimmingly for the Fed's in-crowd.

Jun 14, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Why Is the FDIC Insuring Jamie Dimon’s Mistakes?

Why Is the FDIC Insuring Jamie Dimon’s Mistakes? Why Is the FDIC Insuring Jamie Dimon’s Mistakes?

The real problem with JPMorgan’s risky bets is that the bank is gambling with our money.

May 30, 2012 / William Greider

Protesters Arrested at Iowa Wells Fargo Protesters Arrested at Iowa Wells Fargo

In Des Moines, home to Wells Fargo’s mortgage division, protesters took a stand against the bank’s abusive lending practices.

Apr 23, 2012 / Laura Flanders

For He’s a Jolly Good Scoundrel: On Sanford Weill For He’s a Jolly Good Scoundrel: On Sanford Weill

The men most responsible for the collapse of the American dream are heaped with honors at the highest levels of society.

Apr 19, 2012 / Robert Scheer

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