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Black Friday in the Great Recession
As the smiling pundits chatter incessantly to maximize participation in the traditional post-Thanksgiving festival of mass consumption this year, Black Friday is emerging this year with exaggerated si… more →
Black Friday in the Great Recession
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Rick Claypool wrote 3 days ago: As the smiling pundits chatter incessantly to maximize participation in the traditional post-Thanksg … more →
Standing up to Wall Street in Indianapolis
Rick Claypool wrote 1 week ago: Activists in Indianapolis, Indiana rallied in front of Chase Bank today to call for financial reform … more →
News Round-Up for 19 Nov 2009
landrjm wrote 1 week ago: ABC News: Jobs Saved or Created in Congressional Districts That Don’t Exist Washington Post: A … more →
News Round-Up for 18 Nov 2009
landrjm wrote 1 week ago: Washington Post: Obama admits Guantanamo won’t close by Jan. deadline AP: More than $98 billio … more →
Public Citizen rallies against the banksters
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Rick Claypool wrote 1 week ago: What a perfect day for a protest! Public Citizen’s Robert Weissman and SEIU’s Andy Stern rallied the … more →
Senator Bernie Sanders on the banking sector: "You're taking on the most powerful people in America. They make the oil industries and drug companies look like lightweights."
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fauxcapitalist wrote 1 week ago: On Friday, October 30, 2009, Independent Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, was on The Thom Hartm … more →
Secret Santa (Goldman Sachs desperately trying not to flaunt outrageous bonuses)
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Rick Claypool wrote 1 week ago: No Christmas parties for Goldman Sachs this year according to this insightful piece by Jessica Toonk … more →
Lessons from ecology could help us create a resilient financial system
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Sargon Nissan wrote 2 weeks ago: Sargon Nissan is a researcher in nef’s Access to Finance team. The financial system must conta … more →
Goldman Sachs says Goldman Sachs "doing God's work"
Rick Claypool wrote 2 weeks ago: What? You disagree? Well, that’s what came up on last night’s Colbert Report. In an inte … more →
More important than health care
Stendhal wrote 2 weeks ago: The most difficult and most important fight that progressives need to win is not health care or clim … more →
"Late edition memo," November 10th, 2009
thepoliticalmemo wrote 2 weeks ago: Ladies and gentlemen, some news items of importance (with some opinion): - Draft financial “re … more →
Dodd to pull curtain off of financial reform bill.
thepoliticalmemo wrote 2 weeks ago: While his fellow Democrats in Congress are busy trying to push down health care “reform” … more →
U.S. STANDS FIRM IN SUPPORT OF WALL STREET WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD TAKES THE ECONOMIC CRISIS SERIOUSLY
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livinglies wrote 2 weeks ago: MR. GEITNER, MR. SUMMERS AND OTHERS WHO ARE ON THE ECONOMIC TEAM DESERVE some CREDIT FOR BRINGING US … more →
Too Big to Sink
sidoxia wrote 3 weeks ago: If I got paid a nickel for every time I heard the phrase “too big to fail” to describe the state of … more →
Is the Huffington Post the New Drudge Report?
alittlenuance wrote 3 weeks ago: Today the Huffington Post ran the headline “Chris Dodd’s New Legislation Would Strip Pow … more →
Sorry banksters, your check just bounced
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Editor wrote 1 month ago: Several thousand citizens made their voices heard this week in Chicago at the American Bankers Assoc … more →
Barney Frank: We Are Trying on Every Front to Increase Role of Government
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JAMES wrote 1 month ago: Barney Frank finally admits the agenda: Give Ed Schultz credit for something: on his MSNBC show this … more →
Mervyn King is right about casino banking
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Stephen Spratt wrote 1 month ago: Dr Stephen Spratt is Director of nef’s Centre for the Future Economy. Mervyn King has annoyed … more →
More on the Great Recession: Foreclosures, Jobs & Financial Reform
pdurham000 wrote 1 month ago: I’m one of those lucky people who is still employed and just bought a condo, taking advantage … more →
