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Four Obama Mistakes That Could Turn His Cheers into Jeers

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Afghanistan, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Rubin, Economic Stimulus, Economic Recovery, Obama Economy, Summers, Geither, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A year from now voters and the media will take stock of President Obama's mid-term performance. When they do four things will leap out as major Oba...

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A Republican to Save Us

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Corruption, Law, Geithner, Fdic, Bush, Money, Clinton, Economy, Scheer, Obama, Government, Politics, Bailout, Citibank, Rubin, Sheila Bair, Business News
Robert Scheer

You probably don't know much about Sheila Bair, but she is looking out for you, and that is why the big guys on Wall Street and their allies in the Obama administration are out to get her.

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Reagan Didn't Do It

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, Law, Congress, Clinton, Meltdown, Economy, Derivatives, Krugman, Scheer, Obama, Summers, Democrats, Politics, White House, Brooksley Born, Treasury, Rubin, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Wall Street, Republicans, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Ronald Reagan's signing off on legislation easing mortgage requirements back in 1982 pales in comparison to the damage wrought 15 years later.

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Lessons from AIG

Robert Weissman | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Wall Street Bailout, Aig Bonuses, Financial Derivatives, Antitrust, Larry Summers, Aig, Rubin, Alan Greenspan, Executive Compensation, Wall Street Bonuses, Glass-Steagall, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Robert Weissman

What is vital now is that the public's righteous anger is not expressed only as "no." There are a lot of things to which We The People do need to say "no." But we need a lot of "yes's," too.

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The Mines are Full of Canaries

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Muriel Siebert, Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Options, Derivatives, Swaps, Enron, Greenspan, Washington Post, The Lessons of Enron, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Senate Subcomittee on Investigations, Bailout, Levitt, Brooksley E. Born, Market Crisis, Rubin, Long Term Capital Management, Futures, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

We need a new guard, who know the system but didn't build it. Don't let anyone tell you they're not out there. They've been there for years.

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Sucking Up to the Bankers: A Bipartisan Lovefest

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Phil Gramm, Campaign '08, Subprime Mortgages, Housing, Economy, Rubin, Pornography of Power, Obama, President, 2008 Election, Barack Obama Economy, Barack Obama, Robert Rubin, Business News
Robert Scheer

Both of our leading presidential candidates are scrambling to enlist the "expertise" of the very folks who advocated the financial industry deregulations at the heart of this meltdown.

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