Back in the 1930s, the Great Depression that followed the 1929 market crash had direct political repercussions. In the 1930 mid-term elections, the De...
William K. Black | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
A commission like the new Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission can be unwieldy and political. It cannot be non-partisan, it cannot be unified, and it is extremely difficult to make it effective.
Marshall Auerback | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business
As California's IOUs signal desperation, Roosevelt Braintruster Marshall Auerback suggests that a Pecora-style Commission could help the public recognize the folly of past economic dogmas.
Christopher Hayes | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home
Are suppositions about the complexity of the financial crisis just another way of keeping the real story from public scrutiny? If there's one thing t...
Jeff Madrick | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics
The only way to to rigorously address the issues in the broken finance system is through a Congressional investigation, since the Obama administration has called for no public accounting.
Daniel Berger | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home
The time has come to investigate the nature, origins, propagation and effects of the financial crisis.
Robert Kuttner | Posted 07.29.2009 | Business
For the new Pecora Commission, Pelosi and Reid need to do better than finding a predictable list of retired and safe Democratic politicians. This is a rare chance to light a real fire on behalf of deep reform.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics
Updated Below The House of Representatives came closer to agreement on Monday afternoon on the establishment of a 9/11-styled commission that would b...
Henry Liu | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics