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Deregulation

The Real Legacy of the 'Reagan Revolution'

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Robert Scheer, Reagan, Phil Gramm, Bush, Economy, Deregulation, Keating Five, Pornography of Power, Reaganomics, John McCain, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Indifference to economics does not explain the prominence of Phil Gramm in the McCain campaign during the U.S. financial crisis. Indifference to the folks losing their homes is a more plausible explanation.

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Regulation is Not a Bad Word

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Bear Stearns, Phil Gramm, Financial Neocons, Indymac, Deregulation, Republican, Enron, Fannie Mae, Regulation, Radical Deregulation, Freddy Mac, John McCain, Financial Radicals, Socialists, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

McCain and Gramm are financial radicals who have taken over the system. The idea of putting them back in charge is absolutely unthinkable.

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The G8: Humanitarian Failure and Making the World Safe for Corporate Power

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Economy, G8 Summit, Oil Prices, Deregulation, Imf, Food Prices, Wto, Global Warming, Business News
Robert Weissman

When the political leaders of the most powerful countries get together and issue joint statements, it may be worth looking at what these planetary stewards have in mind.

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Another Corporate Gimmick -- Arbitration

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Deregulation, Mediation, Tort Reform, Corporations, Courts, Arbitration, Attorneys, Corporate Power, Business News
Dave Johnson

More and more consumer-oriented contracts have clauses specifying that disputes must go to arbitration rather than our civil justice system. But 98.8% of arbitrations end in favor of the corporations.

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McCain Econ Advisor Phil Gramm: Recession Starter

Lou Dubose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Bear Stearns, Credit Derivatives, Phil Gramm, Senator McCain, Derivatives, Deregulation, Senate Banking Committee, Wall Street, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, John McCain, Credit Defaults, Mortgage Crisis, Home News
Lou Dubose

Former Texas senator Phil Gramm is McCain's economic brain, and the current economic crisis is not the first one made possible by Gramm's sneaky commodity futures act of 2000.

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You and I Need to Get Ourselves Onto A Twelve-step Program...Now

Harry Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Recession, U.S. Economy, Henry Paulson, Deregulation, Bear Stearns, Consumer Spending, Treasury Secretary, Business News
Harry Fuller

It's time for Americans, myself, included to go on a twelve-step program. For spending.

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