The Cruelest Month The Cruelest Month
Like mushrooms after a spring rain, signs pop up at this time of year in hardscrabble urban neighborhoods across the country, promising quick and easy money.
Apr 8, 2004 / Bobbi Murray
Hubris Unbound Hubris Unbound
See also Tim Shorrock's March 2002 story for The Nation on the Carlyle Group.
May 8, 2003 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
Wall Street’s Soiled Hands Wall Street’s Soiled Hands
The capital unscrupulously pumped from poor neighborhoods by way of predatory loans whizzes along a high-speed financial pipeline to Wall Street to be used for investment. "It's a...
Jun 27, 2002 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Hunting the Predators Hunting the Predators
Outraged at lenders who prey on the poor, activists are striking back.
Jun 27, 2002 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
The Sacking of Argentina The Sacking of Argentina
The IMF deserves to be blamed. But so does the country's willing political class.
Apr 18, 2002 / Feature / Tim Frasca
Company Man Company Man
"Debacle in Kwangju." Were Washington's cables read as a green light for the 1980 Korean massacre? (1996) "Stiglitz Roars Back" (2001)
Mar 14, 2002 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
CalPERS and Carlyle CalPERS and Carlyle
On February 21 the California Public Employees Retirement System stunned financial markets in Asia when it said it would withdraw its $450 million investments in publicly traded c...
Mar 14, 2002 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
Crony Capitalism Goes Global Crony Capitalism Goes Global
Bush Sr. and others open doors for the Carlyle Group.
Mar 14, 2002 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
Making Money, the Bush Way Making Money, the Bush Way
You have to hand it to George Bush the senior for hustle. Back in 1998, he took at least $80,000 in stock from Global Crossing in return for speaking for the company in Tokyo.
Feb 19, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
‘After Dirty Air, Dirty Money’ ‘After Dirty Air, Dirty Money’
The Bush Administration is blocking efforts to rein in offshore banking.
Sep 27, 2001 / Feature / Lucy Komisar