Financial Crisis
They just don't like to put it that way.
“I'd rather work as a waiter abroad, as long as I can cover my own expenses."
The influential senator urged her colleagues to hold the line against big banks.
A subtle change could have major consequences.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“These people, even under the most difficult circumstances, have hope. So we couldn't even think of giving up on them.”
A tiny tax could curb a mountain of risk.
Pension austerity cuts imposed on "older people is a serious violation of their rights."
"Now a financial firm is of course a legal fiction; it's not a person. You can't put a financial firm in jail."
The clock is ticking for the government to institute radical reforms.
The bankers behind the last one still have their get-out-of-jail-free cards.