There are plenty of media types who blame last year's implosion and the bailout on greedy bankers, but that's only part of the story. Wall Street needed a co-conspirator; namely, the government.
Let's weigh the pros and cons of the record bonuses going to Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley (and many others) during the worst economic crash since 1929.
Jim Rogers is one of the most respected investors in the world. Here's my recent interview with him about the economy and some of his recent comments in the media.
The momentum is there and the Senate may water down health care reform but it will pass some version. This will become one of the most popular and beloved policies since social security and medicare.
By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger On Friday, we learned that the U.S. unemployment rate officially broke 10% for the first time since the ear...
A year after the U.S. government put up hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to bail out big banks and stabilize our economy, far too little has b...
I've spent some time in the corporate world, and as such, I despise phrases like "paradigm shift" or "new dynamic." Still, it's clear that something n...
For all the joy pets bring into our lives, they can be very expensive I want to share ways to save money and keep your four-legged family members.
While Satan said he was "delighted" by the bonuses being paid out to Wall Street executives this year, he was clearly miffed that his role in the financial firms' successes had been largely ignored.
More regulation, and in particular a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, could be a very good thing, but we shouldn't rush to regulation without careful consideration of two key questions.
Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.
The only thing worse than Goldman Sachs amassing billions in bonus money for its executives, based on various government subsidies and bailout measures, is listening to it try to explain it all away.
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.
We face a true national emergency. More than 30 million Americans are without jobs or are working part-time because there are no full-time jobs to be found.
Some 80 students from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism hit the streets of of New York armed with Flip Video recorders, and asked scores: "Tell us one way the recession has changed your life."
In a global financial system, the collapse or even perceived weakness of a large economy such as Japan would be catastrophic. And Japan is not doing well.
Goldman executives had argued that the deal would provide much-needed capital to Fannie Mae, which it could use to finance additional low-income housing.
Economists tell us that the recession may soon be ending. "Recession" is an economic term. The "NY Times" tells us "if statistics went back as far,(u...
Some years ago, I went on a "positivity" course. My sister had died, my father had died, and I'd had cancer, and a broken heart, and I wasn't, quite frankly, feeling that cheerful.
During the course of the past few months, several myths came to bear on the struggling economy that will play out through 2010 to create enormous opportunities in the market and the economy.
Nothing exists. Nothing is an essential presence in our lives. Paradoxical? Yes. Illogical and irrational? Yes. Yet to ignore Nothing is to deny our road to renewal.
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