Banking

Disowned by the Ownership Society Disowned by the Ownership Society

Bush turns out to be the undertaker of the free market's false promises to ordinary Americans.

Jan 31, 2008 / Column / Naomi Klein

Subprime Obama Subprime Obama

He should stiffen his meager bailout plan and call for a moratorium on foreclosures and serious government intervention.

Jan 24, 2008 / Max Fraser

Playing Politics with Bankers Playing Politics with Bankers

Now that Dennis Kucinich is out of the presidential debates, don't expect Clinton or Obama to hold unregulated bankers accountable for the global economic meltdown.

Jan 23, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

Lawyers for the Poor Muzzled in Subprime Mess Lawyers for the Poor Muzzled in Subprime Mess

Civil legal aid attorneys could have sounded the alarm years before the subprime scandal began destroying the lives of urban poor--but Congress wouldn't let them.

Jan 16, 2008 / Feature / Laura K. Abel

United We Scam United We Scam

Two new books profile the generation of counterfeiters and con men who sprouted up in Jacksonian-era America.

Jan 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser

Subprime Politics Subprime Politics

Keep people in their homes and start re-regulating the banking industry to end the conflicts of interest that fueled the debacle.

Dec 13, 2007 / The Editors

Sovereign Wealth: Theirs, Not Ours Sovereign Wealth: Theirs, Not Ours

As the US economy sickens, foreign governments are on a shopping spree, scooping up bargains paid for by sovereign wealth funds.

Dec 7, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

McMansions Meet the Mortgage Crisis McMansions Meet the Mortgage Crisis

Homeowners in gated communities now facing foreclosure are learning there's no fence high enough to keep out the repo man.

Dec 3, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

Home Sweet Gone Home Sweet Gone

The subprime crisis was not just caused by lending run amok, but by unrestrained trading that made a precarious situation even worse.

Nov 30, 2007 / Nomi Prins

Citi’s Mexican Cronies Citi’s Mexican Cronies

As megabanks seek a subprime bailout, take a lesson from Mexico. Taxpayers of the world, hold on to your wallets.

Nov 29, 2007 / Jeff Faux

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