Obama’s False Financial Reform Obama’s False Financial Reform
What's missing in the President's call for reform are concrete rules that address a dysfunctional banking system. Slow down the rush to weak solutions.
Jun 19, 2009 / William Greider
The Most Important Financial Journalist of Her Generation The Most Important Financial Journalist of Her Generation
Long before most in the business press rose to the challenge, Gretchen Morgenson was reporting that the financial sector had gone rogue.
Jun 17, 2009 / Feature / Dean Starkman
Obama’s Money Men Finally Get It Obama’s Money Men Finally Get It
Unveiling new proposals to regulate Wall Street, Geithner and Summers now condemn the shenanigans they once abetted and celebrated.
Jun 17, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Sheila Bair Is on Your Side Sheila Bair Is on Your Side
The head of the FDIC is looking out for taxpayers--and that's why the big guys on Wall Street and their allies in the Obama administration are out to get her.
Jun 10, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Reagan Didn’t Do It Reagan Didn’t Do It
It would be nice to blame the Gipper for the economic meltdown, but the facts don't support it. The real villains are closer at hand.
Jun 3, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bankers’ Paradise Bankers’ Paradise
Congress, at the behest of the banking industry, has changed accounting rules to make company balance sheets even more opaque. How is that going to help?
May 20, 2009 / Chris Hayes
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
Lax Little Islands Lax Little Islands
Obama and Congress must get tougher on offshore tax cheats--prosecuting them as criminals and requiring full payment, with penalties and interest.
May 13, 2009 / David Cay Johnston
The More Things Change The More Things Change
Wall Street's pervasive influence on Obama's change agenda props up banks, while the real economy continues to suffer.
May 13, 2009 / Jeff Faux
Credit Card Holders Have Rights Too Credit Card Holders Have Rights Too
Momentum is shifting in Washington to to protect consumers from arbitrary rate hikes and other unfair and deceptive credit card practices.
May 12, 2009 / Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney