Matt Taibbi on Obama's Big Sellout

Edward Harrison, 12.11.2009

Banking and finance specialist, Global Macro Advisors

This article originally appeared on my site Credit Writedowns Matt Taibbi is one of the few commentators in the mainstream media who is not worried a...

Food: Commodity or Human Right

Ruth Messinger, 12.11.2009

President and Executive Director, American Jewish World Service

Last year, enough food was produced on our planet to feed humanity nearly twice over. So how is it that 30 children will die of hunger or a related cause by the time you finish reading this column?

Why is Barney Frank allowing lobbyists to gut financial reform?

Edward Harrison, 12.08.2009

Banking and finance specialist, Global Macro Advisors

This article originally appeared on my site Credit Writedowns That is the question Newsweek asked of the Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts in...

A Minsky moment: How financial stability creates instability

Edward Harrison, 12.04.2009

Banking and finance specialist, Global Macro Advisors

This article originally appeared on my site Credit Writedowns Below are three videos from a talk at the 2009 Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma,...

Is repayment of TARP money good for taxpayers?

Edward Harrison, 12.04.2009

Banking and finance specialist, Global Macro Advisors

This article originally appeared on my site Credit Writedowns When I read Yves Smith's recent comments on Bank of America's repayment of its TARP fun...

Oops! I Ruined Your Life! When Innovation Hurts

Ben Mangan, 12.01.2009

One night when I was in junior high, my recently retired stepfather was innovating in the kitchen. He was a burgeoning cook, with lots of time on his ...

The Seventeen-Year Lie

Robert Auerbach, 11.30.2009

Professor, Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

One would think that the uncovering of a 17-year lie to cover up records and deliberations by unelected officials would be cause for public outrage. But that didn't happen at the Federal Open Market Committee.

Weekly Audit: Unemployment Fueling Political Storm

The Media Consortium, 11.24.2009

Network of Leading Progressive Independent Journalism Organizations

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger Unemployment figures in the U.S. are staggering: The official rate stands at 10.2%, the highest in 26 years....

Congress Rocks

Jim Jaffe, 11.19.2009

Washington observer

Congress is moving at a pace that can fairly be characterized as astonishingly fast to slash the number of Americans who lack health insurance by more than half.

The Real Danger of "One Big Regulator"

Thomas Frank, 11.11.2009

Author, Wall Street Journal columnist

Currently, oversight is dispersed among numerous confusing bodies that at times have seemed to be racing each other to the bottom. Setting up One Big Regulator would end that problem.

Absolute Corruption Is the Rule in America

David A. Love, 11.09.2009

Writer and human rights advocate based in Philadelphia

Often, people will look at a high-profile example of corruption, and conclude that the egregious act is an exception to the rule. In reality, it might be the tip of the iceberg.

Weekly Audit: Too Big to Fail is Just Too Big

The Media Consortium, 11.03.2009

Network of Leading Progressive Independent Journalism Organizations

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger Last week, President Barack Obama released key legislation designed to fight the banking industry's too-big-...

News Flash: Lenders Prefer Fragmented Regulation of the Consumer Financial Marketplace

Norman I. Silber, 11.02.2009

Teaches Law at Hofstra

Regulators appear to have placed a higher value on protecting the interests of those who sell financial products than on the interests of consumers of transparent, safe, and fair financial products.

Let Us Now Praise Uppity Women

Linda R. Monk, J.D., 11.02.2009

Constitutional scholar, Author of "The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution"

Women like Brooksley Born have a long history of being whistle-blowers in systems dominated by men. Perhaps this time Congress -- and the American people -- will listen.

Congress and TBTF: Bring in the Bomb Squad

Joshua Rosner, 10.29.2009

This bill is one more act of sleight of hand by a Congress that, to the detriment of the public, fails to see that banks are there to serve the public good and can be regulated with such a goal.

Weekly Audit: Dismantling the Wall Street Casino

The Media Consortium, 10.27.2009

Network of Leading Progressive Independent Journalism Organizations

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger Bailout pay czar Ken Feinberg raised a ruckus last week when he announced plans to slash cash payouts to exe...

A Reasonable Case For Regulation

Rep. Jackie Speier, 10.26.2009

How would you feel if you discovered that a highly-rated bond received its grade not because the company is strong, but because the rating agency assumed the government would bail the company out?

A Panel of Pros

Jonathan Tisch, 10.26.2009

Chairman & CEO, Loews Hotels and Co-Chairman Loews Corp

Where will we end up in a new regulated environment? Jonathan Tisch asks some of those closest to President Obama: Bill Daley, lawyer Marty Lipton and Penny Pritzker.

Arianna Discusses Public's Bailout Anger On BBC's Newsnight

Huff TV, 10.25.2009

Arianna recently appeared on BBC's Newsnight to discuss the economic crisis, the lack of reform, and the effects of the bailout on American society an...

How to Fix Wall Street before Another Collapse

John Standerfer, 10.20.2009

Executive Vice President of S3.

Twelve months removed from the forced bailout of financial institutions by US taxpayers, Goldman Sachs is back to paying its employees an average annu...

Canary in the Coal Mine: Student Loans

Amitai Etzioni, 10.20.2009

Author of "Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy"

If the Democrats cannot show that the existing arrangement constitutes a raid of the public treasury, do not expect them to do so on the much more complicated issues of credit swap controls.