Break Up the Banks Break Up the Banks
To reform the financial sector, we must break up "too big to fail" conglomerates and reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act.
Oct 28, 2009 / The Editors
Latvia’s Tiger Economy Loses Its Bite Latvia’s Tiger Economy Loses Its Bite
The economic meltdown has Latvians reconsidering decades of neoliberal policies.
Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Kristina Rizga
Slide Show: Showdown in Chicago Slide Show: Showdown in Chicago
At the annual American Bankers Association conference in Chicago, protesters faced off against the bankers who refused to extend them credit even after getting bailed out.
Oct 27, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Just Don’t Call It ‘Journalism’ Just Don’t Call It ‘Journalism’
By refusing to acknowledge Fox News's avowed partisanship, its MSM defenders diminish the work of honest journalists who try to play fair.
Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea
Max Baucus's scheme to tax the benefits of workers slightly better off--so revenue can be raised for private insurance subsidies--is a lose-lose proposition.
Oct 21, 2009 / Steve Early and Rand Wilson
More OutrAIGe More OutrAIGe
Nightmare on Wall Street continues--come March 2010, AIG plans on upping the bonuses for its Financial Products division to nearly $200 million, bringing the total to $426 million ...
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann
Zooming In on the Year’s Biggest Hoax Zooming In on the Year’s Biggest Hoax
If we could get one of the banking lobbyists to float a duct-taped flying saucer balloon, Wolf Blitzer might cover the real hoax.
Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Happy Days? Happy Days?
Happy days are here again--if you're Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase.
Oct 16, 2009 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Female Economics Laureate: Why Only Now? A Female Economics Laureate: Why Only Now?
The first female winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics serves as both a landmark and an alarming reflection of the limited role of women in the physical sciences.
Oct 15, 2009 / Feature / Sarah Stodola
Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth
The healthcare debate has become a convenient distraction from the far more pressing issues surrounding the banking meltdown.
Oct 14, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer