Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein: Wisconsin’s Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein: Wisconsin’s Shock Doctrine

The GOP is manipulating the current financial situation to push through unpopular policies that would have never gotten them elected.

Mar 9, 2011 / Press Room

Naomi Klein: Wisconsin’s Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein: Wisconsin’s Shock Doctrine

The GOP is manipulating the current financial situation to push through unpopular policies that would have never gotten them elected. 

Mar 9, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show

John Nichols on America’s Socialist Legacy John Nichols on America’s Socialist Legacy

 As the right works to portray Obama as a socialist, John Nichols explains how positive socialist ideals have been blacklisted from our political discourse. 

Feb 15, 2011 / Political Affairs

The Pentagon Fraud Papers: Contractors That Defrauded DOD Were Rewarded With $285 Billion in New Contracts The Pentagon Fraud Papers: Contractors That Defrauded DOD Were Rewarded With $285 Billion in New Contracts

Vermont Senator Sanders wanted to know how the Pentagon deals with companies that defraud it. He demanded an accounting. Over a three-year period, contractors convicted o...

Feb 3, 2011 / John Nichols

An Answer to 2011’s Austerity Arguments: ‘We Won’t Pay For Their Crisis’ An Answer to 2011’s Austerity Arguments: ‘We Won’t Pay For Their Crisis’

First, Washington squandered tax dollars on unnecessary wars. Next, Washington bailed out the big banks. Now, the battlelines of 2011 are drawn. President Obama's "Deficit Com...

Jan 3, 2011 / John Nichols

Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks

There's a new blockbuster out just in time for the holidays: Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks.

Dec 15, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Reagan’s Budget Director: GOP Policies ‘Have Crippled Our Economy’

Reagan’s Budget Director: GOP Policies ‘Have Crippled Our Economy’ Reagan’s Budget Director: GOP Policies ‘Have Crippled Our Economy’

David Stockman, Reagan's OMB director, warns against maintaining tax cuts for the rich and other misguided economic policies.

Aug 3, 2010 / John Nichols

BP and US Government ‘Command Center’ Guarded by Company From Afghan Embassy Hazing Scandal BP and US Government ‘Command Center’ Guarded by Company From Afghan Embassy Hazing Scandal

Journalists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis describe their run-in with Wackenhut security as they attempted to interview BP and US government officials in the US Gulf. "The whole Gu...

May 28, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill

Goldman Plays, We Pay Goldman Plays, We Pay

The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly.

Apr 21, 2010 / Robert Scheer

The Whistleblower They Ignored The Whistleblower They Ignored

There aren't too many genuine heroes to come out of the banking disaster, but Armando Falcon is one of them--and had he been listened to, a significant part of the housing crisis c...

Apr 14, 2010 / Robert Scheer

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