Economy

The Dow’s Decline and Fall The Dow’s Decline and Fall

The Dow falls below 10,000. As deflation destroys wealth and unemployment rises, America braces for tough times ahead.

Oct 6, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Naomi Klein Explains Disaster Capitalism to Stephen Colbert Naomi Klein Explains Disaster Capitalism to Stephen Colbert

Naomi Klein says the government exploits crises to pass pro-business agendas...How can she say that? We're in the middle of a crisis!

Oct 3, 2008 / The Colbert Report

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka Fights Racism Against Obama AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka Fights Racism Against Obama

Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO: 'All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.'

Oct 3, 2008 / YouTube

Break Wall Street’s Money Monopoly Break Wall Street’s Money Monopoly

As the next Congress creates a new regulatory structure for our crippled financial system, job one is breaking Wall Street's grip on capital and credit.

Oct 2, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Net Backlash Hinders Bailout Net Backlash Hinders Bailout

With a surge of angry e-mail that sent Congressional servers into meltdown, taxpayers stormed their way into the bailout debate.

Oct 2, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber

Obama’s Bailout Strategy Obama’s Bailout Strategy

Framing the financial crisis as a verdict on free-market fantasies, Obama can win with a mandate to end the war and build a better economy from the bottom up.

Oct 2, 2008 / Tom Hayden

Looking Backward Looking Backward

As America's second Gilded Age fissions around us, we can sense the zeitgeist shift. Are we staring into the abyss of 1929 or heading for a new New Deal?

Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser

Democracy Inaction Democracy Inaction

Nothing brings left and right together like a Big Government intervention on behalf of Big Money.

Oct 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Born-Again Democracy Born-Again Democracy

Congress must take control of the failed financial system until a new president can legislate a more permanent and equitable solution.

Oct 1, 2008 / William Greider

The Communist Manifesto Turns 160 The Communist Manifesto Turns 160

As Karl Marx's opus marks a big birthday, capitalism seems willing to mark the occasion by dropping dead.

Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich

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