The G-20 Summit hammered out a feel-good manifesto stating that the best way to solve an economic crisis caused by spending money we don't have is by spending money we don't have.
McClatchy | Christina Rexrode | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business
Bank of America Corp. chief executive Ken Lewis bristled at comparisons between himself and Rick Wagoner, the ousted CEO of General Motors Corp., in a...
Don McNay | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business
I used to schedule an out of town trip then meetings the next day. Now I can't. I am not sure if I will get back or if I will get home exhausted and stressed.
Daniel Kinno | Posted 05.01.2009 | Comedy
Diane Francis | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business
The future is always a matter of opinion, as is political competency, which is why it's a good idea to own a little gold.
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business
1. 59 yo-yos, purchased over a lifetime on the principle that they would accrue in value and eventually be collector's items, as indeed they are.
Spencer Green | Posted 04.26.2009 | Comedy
The immediate result of this, of course, will be a reminder to Washington that it's our money in the banking system, our money which is being used to bail out that system, and our money to take as/when we see fit.
Dave Hackel | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business
When the stock market first tanked and everyone began to panic, I was right there near the head of the line. I had unknowingly put my money in something called "The Ever Growing List Of Failures Fund."
Lorraine Roe | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business
If someone's addicted to white flour and sugar and you hand them two-dozen donuts, what do you think they'll do with them? A.I.G. has a small gambling problem, you know, betting on derivatives.
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business
You know who I feel sorry for? Edward Liddy. He obviously made some very bad decisions. But he is only the last in a series of managers -- both at AIG and elsewhere -- who has done so
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
Rage over $165 million in bonuses for employees of bailout-beneficiary American International Group spilled into the streets Thursday when over 100 pe...
Paul Abrams | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business
The much-reviled US tax code contains within it thousands of treatments and exclusions that enable subclasses of people to enjoy deductions, credits or even exclusions from paying taxes.
New York Times | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green
"We created a way of raising standards of living that we can't possibly pass on to our children," said Joe Romm, a physicist and climate expert who wr...
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business
Part of the national plan for recovery should be the creation of a National Handout Controller to go over the expense accounts of every person who works for firms that have received bailout money.
Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business
Banks have been ripping-off the middle class for years. In addition to user fees, the middle class pays banks large spreads on mortgages, credit cards and other types of debt.
Judith Ellis | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
Change begins with each of us on the smallest of levels. Trash in our neighborhoods is not a small thing. As does love, respect too begins at home.
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business
In the huge Bank of America (BAC) fiasco/bailout/tailspin, there are a lot of people at whom it would be tempting to wave a wobbly finger.
Dean Baker | Posted 02.11.2009 | Business
We can simply temporarily change the rules to give people facing foreclosure the right to rent their homes at the market rate.
USNews.com | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business
Now that he's looked closely at the numbers, Barack Obama wants Washington to show some spending discipline. After his gargantuan stimulus package, th...
WSJ | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
Sounds of discord are getting louder at the Republican National Committee as battles between conservatives and moderates intensify in the six-way race...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business
If we're going to minutely examine autoworkers' wages, and dictate the travel plans of one industry we are bailing out, then it seems eminently reasonable to do the same for the banking industry.
Dave Johnson | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business
Since these companies are public resources whose importance requires our public intervention and infusion of massive public resources when needed, then why does this flow only go one way?
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business
Looking over the list of poor saps who were hoovered into the Madoff money vacuum, it occurred to me that we might have found an excellent beneficiary of some the remaining bailout bonanza.
Robert Guttman | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics
Obama should say we are going to go the less luxurious road this time around concerning inaugural celebrations. Bailout balls could be the answer.
Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business
Updated 10am EST Friday, December 5: The Big Three are back on Capitol Hill today. This time their talking to Congress about getting a multi-billion...
John Marshall | Posted 05.03.2009 | Comedy