Friedmanism at the Fed II Friedmanism at the Fed II
The House Oversight Committee continues its investigation of former New York Fed Board Chairman Stephen Friedman.
Mar 26, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
The Breakdown: Will Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill Protect Consumers? The Breakdown: Will Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill Protect Consumers?
This week on The Breakdown: The time for comprehensive financial reform and consumer protection has finally come. Christopher Hayes asks Demos's Heather McGhee, does Dodd's financi...
Mar 19, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Credit Where Due, Geithner Credit Where Due, Geithner
What Tim Geithner should be getting credit for, it seems to me, is that Lehman Brothers report -- well, not the report, but the cover-up.
Mar 16, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Dodd’s Not-Independent Consumer Watchdog Dodd’s Not-Independent Consumer Watchdog
Dodd's bill puts a strong cop on the beat. But the same regulators who've already failed us would look over its shoulder.
Mar 15, 2010 / Kai Wright
There’s No ‘Compromise’ Protection Against Predators There’s No ‘Compromise’ Protection Against Predators
Good riddance to the Senate's bipartisan effort to build a weak Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Mar 14, 2010 / Kai Wright
Talking Healthcare and Consumer Protection Talking Healthcare and Consumer Protection
Guest-hosting the Rachel Maddow Show, Nation DC editor Christopher Hayes talks to Rep. Diana DeGette on healthcare and Demos director Heather McGhee on consumer protection.
Mar 10, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Working Families Still Squeezed Working Families Still Squeezed
There were grumblings from all corners of the AFL-CIO at its winter meeting in Orlando recently. "Disappointment", "disillusionment", "unengaged&qu...
Mar 9, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Iceland Busts the Banksters Iceland Busts the Banksters
Icelanders have become "the world's first rebels against the idea of clearing up after the mess made by a reckless private bank."
Mar 7, 2010 / John Nichols
The Contractor Scofflaws The Contractor Scofflaws
Obama is on the brink of bringing significant reforms for workers to government contractors.
Mar 4, 2010 / William Greider
In Defense of Deficits In Defense of Deficits
A big deficit-reduction program would destroy the economy two years into the Great Crisis.
Mar 4, 2010 / Feature / James K. Galbraith