Past and Future Past and Future
Obama's too smart to allow the ideas of the past to define his presidency. Yet Timothy Geithner is an architect and enabler of the unfolding crisis.
Nov 24, 2008 / William Greider
Obama Faces Deflation Risk Obama Faces Deflation Risk
Wall Street was buoyed by the appointment of Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary. But that can't offset worries that deflation will compound our economic woes.
Nov 21, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Time for a Bank Holiday Time for a Bank Holiday
No more free money from Washington. No more masters of the universe. No more business as usual.
Nov 19, 2008 / William Greider
Nail That Double Standard to the Mast! Nail That Double Standard to the Mast!
If America loses its domestic auto industry, 5 percent of the workforce may be on the street. Don't workers need a bailout, too?
Nov 19, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Change We Can Bank On Change We Can Bank On
Reject the old-boy network whose sexism, stupidity and greed helped drive our current financial crisis. How about Sheila Bair for Treasury Secretary?
Nov 19, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Why We Shouldn’t Save GM Why We Shouldn’t Save GM
The bailout should be used to expand unemployment compensation instead of propping up a single, failing corporation.
Nov 18, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Paulson Plays While We Pay Paulson Plays While We Pay
A little under $300 billion of the $700 billion bailout has been invested, loaned out or lost. And as long as Henry Paulson's in charge, we won't know where it went.
Nov 14, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
In Praise of a Rocky Transition In Praise of a Rocky Transition
Every sweetheart deal the Bush administration makes threatens to hobble Obama's ability to deliver on his promise of change.
Nov 13, 2008 / Column / Naomi Klein
Obama’s New Deal Obama’s New Deal
Obama has an opportunity to further racial and economic justice by fusing the New Deal and civil rights traditions.
Nov 13, 2008 / William P. Jones
The Summers Conundrum The Summers Conundrum
In light of all of the corruption and cronyism that have marked the career of Lawrence Summers, why is Obama considering him for treasury secretary?