What Wall Street Thinks of Wall Street
With movie critics split on the film, here's a look at what Wall Street's real bankers -- and those who cover them -- had to say about the movie, its 1987 original, and the larger-than-life Gordon Gekko.
With movie critics split on the film, here's a look at what Wall Street's real bankers -- and those who cover them -- had to say about the movie, its 1987 original, and the larger-than-life Gordon Gekko.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Elizabeth Warren to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection...
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Over the past decade, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transformed themselves into some of the worst-run companies ...
Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011
The bloggers who attended briefings from a "senior Treasury Department official" last week have interpreted the concept of "deep background" in several different ways.
Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011
Unless there's significant political pushback between now and December, my impression is that the Administration is likely to embrace a package of Social Security "tweaks" that includes some benefit cuts.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger The crazy conservative assault on government spending has become one of the most irrational economic policy d...
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger More than two years after the collapse of Bear Stearns, the House and Senate finally ironed out their differ...
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Congress returns from its April recess this week with financial reform at the top of its to-do list. With mil...
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger In the fall of 2008, decades of finance-first, bankers-know-best economic policies coalesced to create one of...
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger The job market in its worst state since the Great Depression and is putting tremendous strain on millions of...
David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011
The results of the Bush era are obvious -- it was the triumph of the stenographic model. With the Obama administration, is the same dynamic at play?
Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011