State Banks Could Solve Financial Crisis State Banks Could Solve Financial Crisis
Forget big bailouts. The fed should finance non-profit state banks like the Bank of North Dakota--no profit means no reason for bankers to misbehave--to get real money to real peop...
Nov 26, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Return of the Wall Street Hustlers Return of the Wall Street Hustlers
Obama, who promised change, has put the same old Wall Street hustlers on his economic team. Maybe he could send us an e-mail to explain.
Nov 26, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Time for a Bank Holiday Time for a Bank Holiday
No more free money from Washington. No more masters of the universe. No more business as usual.
Nov 19, 2008 / William Greider
Left and Right Left and Right
If nationalizing banks is suddenly on the table, what else might be placed there?
Oct 16, 2008 / The Editors
Predatory Scapegoating Predatory Scapegoating
The real scandal of the year is that Eliot Spitzer, brought low by his own bad behavior, had predatory lenders in his sights.
Oct 16, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Debtor Nation Debtor Nation
The Supreme Court has done little to protect a nation of debtors from predatory lending practices.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / Robert M. Lawless
Paulson’s Bailout Beast Paulson’s Bailout Beast
Henry Paulson's latest plan takes us further down to road to state capitalism, whose only principle is to protect the bankers who created the problem.
Oct 15, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Hoover, 2008: McCain’s Bogus Reform Hoover, 2008: McCain’s Bogus Reform
For years, John McCain backed legislation that decriminalized Wall Street's reckless conduct. No amount of New Deal posturing can hide that record.
Oct 15, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Paulson’s Plan B Paulson’s Plan B
The Treasury Secretary's decision to buy equity stakes in banks still fails to address the fundamental flaws in the system.
Oct 14, 2008 / Nomi Prins
McCain and the Meltdown McCain and the Meltdown
Robert Sherrill's pathbreaking 1990 exposé of the savings and loan scandal sheds light on John McCain's deregulatory politics--and our current financial crisis.
Oct 9, 2008 / Feature / The Nation