The End of Free-Trade Globalization The End of Free-Trade Globalization
To restore economic stability, the US must rethink its approach to domestic manufacturing.
Nov 4, 2010 / Feature / William Greider
The Bank of America Mortgage Settlement Fiasco The Bank of America Mortgage Settlement Fiasco
Angelo Mozilo, former CEO of Countrywide Financial, has just agreed to pay $67.5 million SEC fine. But the landmark 2008 settlement with Bank of America, which had acquired Country...
Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers
The Titanic that is the US housing market has just sprung its biggest leak.
Oct 13, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Hey Michelle, Read My Book Hey Michelle, Read My Book
Surely Michelle Obama knows that this administration has thrown trillions at the banks in hope that they would respond with mortgage relief for struggling homeowners—and got...
Oct 6, 2010 / Robert Scheer
A Grand Compromise? A Grand Compromise?
The key to revitalizing the economy is freeing up still-frozen credit markets.
Sep 30, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hands Off Social Security Hands Off Social Security
A White House deficit commission is reportedly considering deep benefit cuts for Social Security. We can and must address our deficit without punishing America’s workers, se...
Sep 30, 2010 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
Europe Marches; Brussels Stands Still Europe Marches; Brussels Stands Still
Europe's workers march against austerity, but no government will challenge the new neoliberal orthodoxy.
Sep 30, 2010 / Maria Margaronis
The Big Guy’s on Our Side The Big Guy’s on Our Side
Paul Volcker, head of Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, nailed the cause of our financial hardship in a series of blistering remarks on the sorry state of our economy.
Sep 29, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Commentary: John Nichols on the GOP’s Pledge to America Commentary: John Nichols on the GOP’s Pledge to America
The Republicans' "Pledge to America" demands dramatic cuts to the federal budget, cuts that can only come from one place: Social Security.
Sep 29, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Sucking Up to the Bankers, II Sucking Up to the Bankers, II
The Obama administration, unwilling to confront Wall Street, surrendered the substance as well as the rhetoric of a meaningful populist response to the faux insurgents of the T...
Sep 28, 2010 / Robert Scheer