Giant holes in new banking rules

Ferguson: Admin. asked for too little in the banking bill, nothing is preventing another banking crisis  November 20, 2009

Tax havens & currency speculation

Kapoor: Tax currency speculation, close off-shore tax havens and raise tax on unearned income  November 20, 2009

Must be a new jobs program or Dems will pay

Tom Ferguson: The stimulus program was far too small, a much larger one is still needed  November 19, 2009

Anatomy of casino capitalism Pt.8

Jane D'Arista on a "public option" in the finance sector  November 18, 2009

Anatomy of casino capitalism Pt.4

Jane D'Arista: Obama admin. and leading members of Congress want to leave power in the hands of the Fed  November 14, 2009

Anatomy of casino capitalism Pt.3

Jane D'Arista: Strong dollar, lower wages and relaxed regulations - Wall Street got what they wanted  November 13, 2009

Anatomy of casino capitalism Pt.2

Jane D'Arista: Banks' wild speculation led to the crash - it's happening again  November 12, 2009

Anatomy of casino capitalism

Jane D'Arista unravels the web of banking confidence schemes  November 11, 2009

Energy efficiency now Pt1

Pollin: Massive investment in energy efficiency and public transport can drive economy  November 9, 2009

Can the Goldman ponzi scheme happen again?

Greg Gordon: There is nothing that can prohibit or stop the Wall St. firms from making secret bets  November 5, 2009

Goldman's walk on subprime wild side

Goldman climbed into bed with New Century Financial Corp's unreviewed and off-shore deals  November 4, 2009

The Beckers tell their story

The Beckers tell of their years long struggle to save their house  November 2, 2009

Goldman left investors holding its subprime bag

Inside investment circular were the details of a secret $2 billion deal channeled through a tax haven.  November 2, 2009

How Goldman secretly bet on the US housing crash

Goldman didn’t tell buyers of $40 billion in securities it was secretly betting the other way  November 1, 2009

Goldman taking away people's homes

The Beckers fell months behind on their mortgage and finally found it was Goldman after their house  November 1, 2009

GOLDMAN SACHS' SECRET BETS

McClatchy's Greg Gordon reports that Goldman knew that mortgages were not being properly reviewed  November 1, 2009

Saving Detroit

Anthony: Detroit's experiment utilizes vacant land, stops state-wide investment in dev't on the fringe  October 22, 2009

Saving Detroit

Anthony: Detroit's experiment utilizes vacant land, stops state-wide investment in dev't on the fringe  October 22, 2009

Globalization, a "devastating success" Pt.2

Jomo KS: New type of protectionism will use a guise of saving the environment or fight for human rights  October 20, 2009

Globalization, a "devastating success" Pt.3

Jomo KS: As a consequence of globalization the deal which must be made today must be a global deal  October 20, 2009

The Dollar: Dive or survive? Pt.2

Leo Panitch: Lower dollar will harm developing countries; will offer little help to US workers  October 17, 2009

The Dollar: Dive or survive?

Leo Panitch on the US dollar's place in the global economy  October 16, 2009

Globalization, a "devastating success"

Jomo K.S.: "Before the crisis, finance accounted for 15% of the economy, but had 40% of the profits."  October 3, 2009

Is this a recovery? Pt.7

Kapoor: When progress is measured by how the things that are going wrong slow down, you have a problem  September 22, 2009

The Fed and the Dollar

Sony Kapoor Pt 6: The Federal Reserve and about the movement to "de-dollarize" the world  September 21, 2009

Leaving Lehman, exposing Wall St Pt.5

Kapoor: The financial reforms on the table are not enough  September 20, 2009

More volatility equals more profit

Sony Kapoor Pt.3: The more volatile the financial environment is, the more profit investment banks make  September 17, 2009

Wall street musical chairs continues

Sony Kapoor: Leaving Lehman, exposing Wall Street Pt.2  September 16, 2009

Obama goes to Wall St.

365 days after Lehman collapse, still no new bank regulation, and White House proposals face tough climb  September 15, 2009

Leaving Lehman, exposing Wall Street

Sony Kapoor left life as an investment banker to reveal the "dark magic" of finance capital  September 14, 2009

Call for caps on bankers' bonuses

Britain, France and Germany to demand curbs on bankers' bonuses, EU at odds whether the downturn is over  September 4, 2009

Recession threatens public order in Romania

For many of the countries of Eastern Europe economic woes still loom large.  August 31, 2009

Did Bernanke save the world?

Focus on the face at the top of Federal Reserve neglects questioning the institution and the system  August 28, 2009

Who really pulled the trigger on Lehman?

One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered financial turmoil around the world  August 25, 2009

Is Chinese "miracle" real?

Wolff: China's growth is either a miracle or something frightening - numbers disconnected from reality  August 2, 2009

Profits driving stocks a sign of danger

Rick Wolff: Upswing in stocks comes from profits due to cutbacks and concessions, worse is yet to come  July 28, 2009

Federal Reserve: Same old sheriff on Wall St.

Pollin: Obama plan to 'empower' the Fed won't reign in casino capitalism; finance must be democratized  June 24, 2009

California a failed state

The state is $24bn short of balancing its books this year - and the poor will pay  June 12, 2009

Thoroughly modern Marx Pt.1

Leo Panitch: Marx was a realist; the real romantics think you can have capitalism without great crisis  May 30, 2009

Borrowing into submission?

Bankrupt governments are finding the IMF an unfit lender, but alternatives may have arrived  May 16, 2009

Road to Ruin: Mortgage fraud scandal brewing

Criminal fraud may be the most underreported aspect of our current financial crisis  May 13, 2009

£50bn more injected into UK economy

The Bank of England announces it is effectively printing more money  May 11, 2009

Could union ownership reshape auto?

Wolff Pt.3: Unions should convert their position as owners into active participation in making decisions  May 4, 2009

Autoworkers compete to keep jobs on reality show

Skewer - Onion: workers at two Ford plants battle it out - one plant will close, 3,000 will get the axe  May 4, 2009

Too big to fail, too big to be privately owned

Wolff Pt.2: Auto industry affects the whole society, it's too significant for private ownership  May 2, 2009

Mortgage bankers celebrate victory

Anti-bankruptcy reform legislation is giving mortgage brokers a reason to celebrate  May 1, 2009

Florida officials consider 'state of emergency'

The foreclosure rate and unemployment numbers are so high a commissioner calls it a man-made disaster  April 23, 2009

Road to Ruin: Burned by Brokers

ANP: "Toxic assets" are actually mortgages and, by extension, houses and the people who live in them  April 16, 2009

Welcome to the new “New World Order” Pt.2

Pepe Escobar: There will be class war, there will be blood  April 15, 2009

Welcome to the new “new world order”

Pepe Escobar Pt.1: A tsunami of hype around another "new world order"  April 14, 2009

Unions in America

Elaine Bernard Pt.1: Private sector union membership has plummeted while the public sector has increased  April 11, 2009

Digging into the economic crisis

The Real News Cafe discusses what to do when it's 'too big to fail'  April 8, 2009

Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt.4

Chomsky: Obama's "army" is not a democratic model Pt.4  April 6, 2009

Obama should save the banks, not the bankers Pt.5

Tom Ferguson: The federal budget must stop being largely a subsidy for the rich  April 6, 2009

Too big to fail? Nationalize

Leo Panitch: Can G20 avert crisis Pt.2  April 5, 2009

Mike Farrell on taking a stand

Actor Mike Farrell talks about why he 'sticks his neck out' as a political activist Pt2  April 5, 2009

Obama should save the banks, not the bankers Pt.4

Tom Ferguson: Obama's plan is a "recipe for disaster, if the US reflates, the rest of the world doesn't"  April 4, 2009

Goldman vet sparks conflict on Hill

Obama's plan to name another Goldman Sachs alum to his economic team proving too much for Sen. Sanders  April 3, 2009

Can G20 avert the crisis?

Leo Panitch: G20 trying to patch up the 'old world order'  April 3, 2009

G20 protests rock London's financial area

Thousands crowded into London's financial centre to make their protests heard  April 2, 2009

Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt.3

Chomsky: It should be remembered that Germany went to the depths of barbarism in 10 years  April 2, 2009

G20 - Make or break?

Engdahl: The question in the EU is - will they go down with the dollar system or find their own way?  March 31, 2009

Geithner's Oligarchs

Engdahl: Obama must confront the oligarchical power of Wall Street to solve crisis  March 30, 2009

Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt.2

Noam Chomsky: The best way to move forward is support unionization  March 29, 2009

Obama held hostage by PPPIP

Pepe Escobar: If Geithner's plan does not work, the president sinks  March 28, 2009

Obama should save the banks, not the bankers Pt.3

Tom Ferguson: Obama must do something bigger and bolder or another deadly round of crisis will follow  March 28, 2009

The Populist Moment

Robert Borosage: Is the timing right for a new '1930s Depression era' movement?  March 27, 2009

Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt1

Chomsky: Plan is recycled Bush/Paulson. We need nationalization and steps towards democratization  March 26, 2009

Obama and Wall St.

Ferguson: Wall St. has been backing Obama from the start Pt.2  March 26, 2009

AIG won't name executives, citing death threats

ANP coverage of AIG  March 19, 2009

AIG anticipated major losses and rigged bonuses

Frank: "AIG executives ... insured that they would receive the money regardless of massive losses"  March 19, 2009

AIG CEO warns:'Dire consequences' if company fails

ANP coverage of AIG House hearings  March 19, 2009

This crisis of capitalism is not all bad news

Jayati Ghosh: We're entering period of financial crisis, but this provides opportunity for real change  March 17, 2009

Will the stimulus lead to hyper-inflation?

Richard Wolff: Obama is hesitating and risks doing too little too late - House of Cards Pt 4of4  March 17, 2009

Citi CEO caught in double-talk

Vikram Pandit earns $10.8M after telling Congress he made $1M  March 17, 2009

How the world pimps America

Pepe Escobar: And how the US is shifting the crisis into the rest of the world  March 16, 2009

UBS: Washington’s old friend becomes new foe

Switzerland's largest bank, UBS and its relationship with US politicians  March 8, 2009

Taking on the banking cabal Pt 2

Engdahl: Investment in infrastructure not enough; Obama must take on the banks  March 4, 2009

30's style jobs program needed Pt.3

Wolff: Government jobs program needed to create real purchasing power  March 1, 2009

Taking on the banking cabal

Engdahl: President Obama has left intact a brain dead banking system that is out of control  March 1, 2009

Citigroup’s special treatment

ANP: The once almighty Citigroup is now getting a third lifeline from the US Treasury  February 28, 2009

A house of credit cards Pt.2

Wolff: Low wages, weak unions and consumer culture led to an economy built on a house of credit cards.  February 27, 2009

Will Obama's stimulus solve the crisis? Pt.1

Wolff: Stimulus won't succeed if the structural changes that lowered wages are not addressed  February 26, 2009

Obama speaks to Congress

Palley: Obama’s speech didn't mention unions nor tackle the structural problems within the US economy  February 25, 2009

HUD's affordable housing crisis

ANP: Everyone knows about the crisis facing homeowners. But what about those who can't afford a home?  February 20, 2009

Weapons programs re-branded as jobs programs

Military industry appeals to job-loss fears Pt2/2  February 15, 2009

What Obama should do, Pt. 2

Robert Kuttner: Obama economic team conservative, Obama needs to think big  February 14, 2009

Will Obama slash the military budget?

Pentagon fighting to maintain military spending  February 14, 2009

Taxpayers on hook for 250 billion toxic assets

Rep. Grayson Grills Citigroup CEO in Congress  February 13, 2009

Conservative solutions to a radical crisis

Kuttner: Obama's problem is his economic appointees are averse to radical solutions to a radical crisis  February 13, 2009

Two years recession, or ten years of hell? Pt.4

Engdahl: Mass action in streets needed to demand bank nationalization and cuts in military spending  February 11, 2009

William Greider on the Democrats' Money Dilemma

Greider talks about the Democrats' role in deregulating the financial markets.  February 11, 2009

Two years recession, or ten years of hell? Pt.3

Engdahl: The danger is the US may turn to military might as their financial power weakens  February 8, 2009

Two years recession, or ten years of hell? Pt.2

F. William Engdahl: We are heading for a time of great social movements like the 1930's  February 7, 2009

Two years recession, or ten years of hell?

F William Engdahl: US economy has been hollowed out over the last 15 years and debt load is staggering  February 6, 2009

Global crisis fuels protests

As their jobs disappear, people around the world have taken to the streets  February 6, 2009

Auto bailout for whom? Pt. 4

Gindin: The Employee Free Choice Act could open up new ways of organizing  February 5, 2009

Auto bailout for whom? Pt. 3

Gindin: At what point are people going to fight back?  February 5, 2009

Auto bailout for whom? Pt. 2

Gindin: The problem with auto workers absorbing wage cuts is that it sets the standard for others  February 4, 2009

Is Obama a feminist? Pt2

Kathy Spillar: Economic stimulus will benefit women  February 2, 2009

Is Obama a feminist? Pt 3

Kathy Spillar: Obama and Congress must usher in the Lilly Ledbetter Act  February 2, 2009

Fed lends two trillion without oversight

ANP: Will Congressman Alan Grayson be able to shed a light on the Fed's secret spending?  February 1, 2009

Auto bailout for whom? Pt. 1

Gindin: By conceding to the companies, auto unions are absorbing the blame for the industry crisis  February 1, 2009

Obama, hope and expectations Pt.4

Bill Fletcher: Will Obama be held accountable for his foreign policies if he has some success at home?  January 25, 2009

Paulson's $140 Billion Surprise

ANP: A little-known story about the financial crisis.  January 24, 2009

Obama, hope and expectations Pt.2

Bill Fletcher Jr. on the 'heresy' of critiquing Obama and what he wants Obama to do  January 22, 2009

Obama, hope and expectations

Bill Fletcher on the 'heresy' of critiquing Obama and what he wants Obama to do  January 21, 2009

Can Obamanomics solve the crisis?

Economist James K. Galbraith responds to Obama's economic message  January 21, 2009

Can Obamanomics solve the crisis? Pt.2

James Galbraith on what Obama needs to do to about the economic crisis  January 21, 2009

Bank CEO says bailout failing community banks

ANP: Eagle Bank, a community bank headquartered in Maryland, received many millions but still struggles  January 20, 2009

Tax Havens: Hidden hand in the financial crisis

ANP: A look at how offshore financing helped to enable the economic meltdown  January 8, 2009

The current crisis and Obama's Clintonomics team

Bill, like Barack, was elected on a platform of populist economics, then adopted Wall St ideology  December 25, 2008

GOP memo indicates vendetta against unions

Does the Employee Free Choice Act give workers rights or take them away?  December 22, 2008

Congress ignored critical bailout oversight

ANP: Though congress wrote oversight into the 700 billion dollar bailout bill, they left a gaping hole  December 20, 2008

Video of Madoff surfaces

Guardian: Global trail of victims of the man on 17th floor  December 17, 2008

Plundering the Congo

Wayne Madsen: Congo has fallen prey to a lot of people that want to loot its natural resources  December 17, 2008

GOP targets auto union

GOP Senators blame auto workers for killing $14 B industry bailout bill  December 14, 2008

Obama stimulus boosts markets

Proposed infrastructure plan from Barack Obama stimulates Wall St., but is it a long-term solution?  December 10, 2008

The Next Depression?

With markets in free fall, economist Peter Schiff opposes stimulus and printing money to fund it  December 10, 2008

More profound change needed for economic crisis

Leo Panitch: Financial system facing collapse, won't be solved with building projects alone Pt3/3  December 7, 2008

Angry laid-off workers occupy factory in Chicago

Approximately 200 laid-off workers occupy Chicago's Republic Windows and Doors  December 7, 2008

Unemployed and hungry in the US

Jobless numbers highest in 15 years, food stamp users hit record 31.6 million or 1 in 10 Americans  December 7, 2008

Bailouts and stimulus are not enough

Leo Panitch: Governments must take control of the banks to keep credit moving amid crisis Pt.2/3  December 6, 2008

Eviction day in Manassas

ANP: In the third quarter, 765,558 American properties received default notices or were foreclosed on  December 4, 2008

From Standard Oil to Big Oil

Antonia Juhasz on the breakup of Standard Oil and its revival as Big Oil in the United States Pt 2/2  November 30, 2008

Relief slow to homeowners facing foreclosure

ANP: Congress set only four billion dollars to help communities buy up and repair foreclosed houses  November 27, 2008

Bailout costs $8.5 trillion

US Federal Government has pledged $8.56 trillion in economic bailout for financial institutions so far  November 26, 2008

Obamanomics: Is this real change?

Timothy Canova: In selecting Clinton-era figures, Obama is embracing those who helped create crisis  November 25, 2008

Should the public own the auto industry?

Jim Stanford and Justin Fox discuss public ownership of the Big 3  November 25, 2008

Bank eat bank: Bailout encourages mergers

ANP: Banks reportedly using their bailout money to buy up smaller banks instead of helping homeowners  November 22, 2008

What to do with Detroit?

Jim Stanford and Justin Fox debate the pros and cons of allowing the auto industry to go bankrupt Pt1/3  November 21, 2008

Paulson's $140B surprise

Danny Schechter: While world debated bailout, Treasury snuck bank merger tax break under congress' nose  November 20, 2008

US car industry pleads for $25bn loan

Guardian: CEO's of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler paint a picture of an industry in crisis  November 19, 2008

G-20 summit 'punts' till April

G-20 leaders have a nice dinner but do not deal with how to make financial institutions serve the public  November 17, 2008

Democrats shield automakers

ANP: The automobile lobby is back on Capitol Hill warming up to some of their best friends - Democrats  November 17, 2008

World in recession

OECD: Developed countries are facing prolonged economic trouble  November 14, 2008

The lame duck economic summit

Bush brings the G-20 to Washington; but world leaders would rather talk to Obama  November 14, 2008

Media Talk: Predicting the crash

Panelists discuss criticism of the media over failure to provide warning of impending economic turmoil  November 7, 2008

'The big boys should have been watching'

Stanley Gallegos, owner of Joe and Aggie's cafe on Route 66 in Arizona, on the economic bailout  October 28, 2008

One nation under debt

Danny Schechter: We need to stop all foreclosures  October 27, 2008

Media and bailout failure

Danny Schechter: The effects of the financial meltdown are spreading as the bailout fails to work  October 26, 2008

Chomsky on the economy

Noam Chomsky: Current crisis demonstrates anti-democratic nature of financial system  October 21, 2008

ANP: College Debt 101 in Bloomington, Indiana

Students face mounting debt as economic crisis unravels  October 21, 2008

Fallout on Main Street: A farmer’s tale

ANP: A firsthand look at how the financial crisis is affecting the agricultural community  October 19, 2008

ANP: Keeping the faith in Clarksburg, WV

Clarksburg, WV has seen dramatic changes because of the faltering economy, but spirits are still high  October 15, 2008

US nationalizes banks; candidates talk economy

Mike Whitney: Both candidates promote stimulus but real solution is higher wages  October 15, 2008

Europe fumes over Wall Street meltdown

William Engdahl: Europe furious that AAA US bonds turned out to be toxic waste - see end of US era Pt2/2  October 15, 2008

Mailman speaks his mind

ANP: Patrick Carroll has been a mailman for 23 years and works in Quakertown, Pennsylvania  October 14, 2008

Goldman Sachs' socialism

Pepe Escobar: World markets - and top economists - dismiss the Wall Street bailout  October 13, 2008

Cutting back in Quakertown, PA

ANP: All over the country Americans are spending less because of the sputtering economy  October 12, 2008

Can Obama win in Canton, Ohio?

TRNN travels to Ohio and talks to people hit by economic crisis  October 11, 2008

Worst week ever on world markets

Timothy Canova says its time to nationalize the big banks  October 11, 2008

The roots and remedies of the financial crisis

Leo Panitch: It's time to make banking a public utility Pt4/4  October 10, 2008

Fallout on Main Street Pt.2

ANP: Shops feeling the pinch  October 9, 2008

Markets continue to unravel

James Galbraith on what needs to be done about the financial crisis  October 9, 2008

Congress grills Lehman CEO on compensation

ANP: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hears testimony of Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld  October 8, 2008

The financial crisis at the local level

Leo Panitch: As property values tank, so do state and municipal budgets Pt.3/4  October 8, 2008

Fallout on Main Street, Part One: Greenwich, CT

ANP: Where Wall St cash isolates from common man's troubles, those who depend on rich start to feel pain  October 8, 2008

Worldwide financial fiasco

Markets around the world hammered by credit crunch as governments move to secure bank deposits  October 7, 2008

The cash-out society

Leo Panitch: Demand driven by credit instead of wages has prepared the ground for the crisis Pt2/4  October 7, 2008

Dow still shaky on first trading day after bailout

ANP: Dow Jones closed 369 points down on first day since Congress approved $700 billion bailout  October 7, 2008

'Free markets' depend on state intervention

Leo Panitch: US state plays role of defending global financial system; it had to act in the crisis Pt1/4  October 6, 2008

Bailout denounced as it passes Congress

Bailout bill no relief on foreclosures as159,000 more jobs were lost in September, markets down again  October 4, 2008

Byron Dorgan’s Crystal Ball

Many believe the 1999 Financial Modernization Act as one of the causes of the current financial crisis  October 2, 2008

Bailout anger in the streets

ANP: While government leaders worked to solve the bailout crisis, groups of citizens took to the streets  October 1, 2008

Is the bailout necessary?

ANP: View Point - Economist Dean Baker says we don't need the bailout  October 1, 2008

House rejects bailout despite pressure

ANP: The bailout plan came to a vote in the House of Representatives, it failed by 23 votes  September 30, 2008

Bailout denied: What now?

Conn Carroll and Sam Greenfield debate the nature of the crisis and government's role in resolving it.  September 30, 2008

Bailout must be combined with structural reform

Doug Henwood: Public ownership and public interest financing must be part of a solution to the crisis  September 30, 2008

The end of free-market fundamentalism

ANP: But is it really? And where is American capitalism headed?  September 29, 2008

Pain on Main Street

ANP: Bailout for Wall Street, but nothing yet for homeowners on the verge of foreclosure  September 28, 2008

Paulson and Bernanke in the House

ANP: Bailout Campaign Day 3 and the financial meltdown  September 28, 2008

Bailout sparks anger

Protesters take to the streets to condemn Wall Street bailout plan  September 28, 2008

Once in a century rip-off

Economist Michael Hudson: The bailout is a giveaway that will cause hyperinflation and dollar collapse  September 26, 2008

Bailout plan not embraced

Top officials push for speed in passing bailout package but many are skeptical  September 24, 2008

Taxpayers to bailout Wall Street?

Danny Schechter: The bailout will preempt any new administration from following through on promises  September 24, 2008

Free market bailed out

700 billion dollar Wall St bailout by Bush administration; 35 years of neo-liberalism crashes  September 22, 2008

Banking crisis: The week the earth shook

The Guardian's economic editor Larry Elliott on how an extraordinary week marks end of an economic era  September 21, 2008

Wall Street teeters, the Empire and China shake

Markets nosedive, recession spreads, world financial system shaken  September 18, 2008

Markets slammed by Lehman collapse

Dow drops more than 500 points or 4.5 % as investors panic after Lehman Brothers files for chapter 11  September 16, 2008

US mortgage giants nationalized

Ron Blackwell of the AFL-CIO says housing prices falling faster than during Great Depression  September 9, 2008

Katrina survivors struggle years after hurricane

TRNN Replay: Voices of Katrina survivors still fighting for survival (filmed spring 2008)  September 1, 2008

Wal-Mart: Political bully

Is the retail giant bullying its employees to vote Republican?  August 15, 2008

What will real economic change look like?

Downturn and record high deficit mean next Prez must protect Americans from 'vagaries of the market'  August 1, 2008

Super-Rich tax cheats

ANP: Man who ratted out Super-Rich tax dodgers lives in hiding and has $10 million bounty on his head  July 28, 2008

US unemployment highest in 20 years

Consumer prices rose 1.1 percent in June, highest one month rise in 26 years  July 27, 2008

Thousands of auto-related jobs to be lost

Jim Stanford: Unions trying to protect laid off workers but this is a question for the whole society  July 27, 2008

Are auto jobs lost forever?

Why can't North American cars compete; and why should workers bear the brunt from lack of planning?  July 27, 2008

Congress helps banks, but what about homeowners?

Danny Schechter: "This is a 50-state Katrina"  July 25, 2008

Homeowners get help in DC, but not from government

Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America helps tens of thousands restructure their home mortgage  July 24, 2008

Fannie and Freddie symptoms of larger problem

AFL-CIO economist says this system amounts to "Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor"  July 15, 2008

Voices from a raid

ANP: Immigration arrests from work-site raids have increased tenfold in the last five years  July 13, 2008

Stagflation on the horizon

Dean Baker says this is the worst time for working families since the Great Depression  July 9, 2008

The price of hunger

ANP: Hunger is a growing crisis in US, stagnant economy and rising fuel price cause cost of food to soar  June 29, 2008

Immigration: The Battle for Manassas

American News Project examines the rule of law policy currently being enforced in Prince William County  June 10, 2008

Arctic powers duel for potential energy wealth

Arctic powers meet in Greenland to decide the division of vast oil reserves - serious conflict possible  May 28, 2008

Mexican food crisis - new policy won't lower cost

Farmers say President Calderon's policy undermines Mexican agricultural industry  May 28, 2008

Prisons - A new form of slavery

Kathy Kelly: None of the three US presidential candidates are dealing with issues facing the poor  May 21, 2008

The candidates and the military-industrial complex

Kathy Kelly: The Dem candidates do not take on the defense industry  May 19, 2008

Race and poverty in the US

Kathy Kelly: One of three African-American teens predicted to be addicted to drugs, in prison or dead  May 18, 2008

Bringing the Wall St. crisis to Main St.

Danny Schechter: Economic crisis is ruining people's lives, the media has failed to tell the full story  May 13, 2008

Candidates calls for change to economy rhetoric

Leo Panitch interview part 2: No US candidate talking about democratizing economy  May 5, 2008

Debt-fueled rat race drives economic crisis

Leo Panitch: Truly democratic institutions are needed to direct investment Pt.1  May 4, 2008

As food crisis spreads, UN forms hunger task force

Ban Ki-Moon calls on developed world to fill $755-million shortfall in UN food program  April 30, 2008

US truckers call for nation-wide shutdown

Truckers' protest urges Congress to stop subsidizing oil industry and build new refineries  April 30, 2008

Mexico up in arms over oil privatization plans

Mass demonstrations against possible privatization of state oil co.  April 29, 2008

A new hope in fight against malaria

Patent-free new treatment will be easy to administer and more accessible in developing world  April 27, 2008

Brazil bans rice exports, protests in Peru

Africa, Latin America to be short 500K tons of rice as Brazil becomes latest country to ban rice exports  April 26, 2008

Specter of food rationing hits US supermarkets

Two warehouse supermarket chains limit rice sales as concern grows over speculation on food markets  April 25, 2008

Lula: Rich countries to blame for food crisis

Brazil Pres Lula da Silva rejects UN's claims that biofuels are harming food production  April 18, 2008

How World Bank policies led to famine in Haiti

Raj Patel: International trade rules have ravaged Haiti's domestic food production  April 17, 2008

Food shortages threaten 100 million

Major funding needed to fight rapidly escalating crisis, UN chief says  April 16, 2008

Global food prices crisis

Global stability under threat as drought, energy costs and growing demand push food prices up  April 13, 2008

Global food prices crisis

Global stability under threat as drought, energy costs and growing demand push food prices up  April 13, 2008

IMF sounds alarm over world economy

US growth stalled and problems likely to be protracted, IMF chief economist says  April 10, 2008

The economy and working people

Taxi drivers in Washington DC coping with hard times discuss what the government should do  March 30, 2008

Wall street demands massive bailout or else

Doug Henwood: Real solution includes shifting spending to green and public infrastructure  March 29, 2008

Wall Street wisdom

In the heart of the NY financial district people have their say on how recession is affecting them  March 27, 2008

Senate hearing: GDP fails to measure progress

Martin Collier: We are what we measure and GDP does not measure what we value  March 19, 2008

Democrats on the economy

Dean Baker of CEPR comments on the Democrats economic positions from debate in Austin, Texas.  February 22, 2008

Recession: Is this the big one?

Al Rosen, forensic accountant, examines a looming economic crisis  February 16, 2008

A stimulus proposal to fight recession

Dean Baker: We need to put money into the hands of people who will spend it quickly (1 of 3)  February 7, 2008

Bailout package won't help much

Doug Henwood: The economic outlook for the average American gets bleaker  January 31, 2008

Will unions respond to economic crisis

Leo Panitch: How will American workers respond to the recession? How will the world be affected?  January 27, 2008

If you were President . . .

Leo Panitch: Democratizing economy is the fundamental change needed to deal with recession  January 27, 2008

Is this a global recession?

Leo Panitch on the US recession  January 25, 2008

Do stimulus packages work?

Leo Panitch: Stimulus not solving underlying problems like consumer debt or broken infrastructure  January 25, 2008

US recession fueled by low wages and consumer debt

Leo Panitch: Weakening of unions and global pressures on US wages a major factor  January 24, 2008

Subprime mortgage meltdown

Doug Henwood: Poor regulation, risky securitized loans and greed have led to a very high-risk situation  December 14, 2007

NYC protesters demand freeze on home foreclosures

Wall Street rally wants more help for victims of subprime mortgage meltdown  December 13, 2007

Unions push for organizing act

Unite Here rep explains why the union is campaigning for the Employee Free Choice Act  February 15, 2009

Where Are The Bankers, Barney Frank?

ANP: Barney Frank has promised to bring bank executives in to testify congress - so far, no hearings  February 2, 2009

The Faces of the Financial Crisis

ANP Essay: About the CEOs who got very rich while their firms crumbled.  October 21, 09

ANP: A market-based mindset

Underpinnings of the current economic meltdown and the future  October 21, 09

Candidates and the bailout

Wall St. waits for blank check from Congress but crisis will last into new presidential term  October 21, 09

Markets crash after "NO" vote

Dow loses record 778 points after house rejects financial bailout package  October 21, 09

Tax-wealthy to pay for bailout

Sen. Bernie Sanders proposes amendment to make the wealthiest in US shoulder the costs of the bailout  October 21, 09

Senate approves bailout

Ellen Frank: Situation does not require the hasty passing of a terrible bill  October 21, 09

Last minute fight against bailout pork

ANP: Rep. Steven LaTourette (R) Ohio proposed amendment to strip the pork from the senate bailout bill  October 21, 09

Flogging of AIG Execs

ANP: Oversight and Government Reform committee grilled former AIG CEOs Willumstad and Sullivan  October 21, 09

Obama should save the banks, not the bankers

Tom Ferguson: Stimulus package is dangerously small; plan for toxic assets shovels money to bankers Pt.1  October 21, 09

National health care better be good

Wolff Pt.4: Employers will push workers off company health plans so Gov plan must be comprehensive  October 21, 09

Road to Ruin

ANP: Online Lenders Fight Regulation  October 21, 09

G-20 or G-192: Which is more 'global'?

UN General Assembly vying for leadership over global economic crisis, despite objections from the West  October 21, 09

G-20 or G-192: Fear of the South

West shutting UN out of global crisis response, as South governments question pillars of world economy  October 21, 09

Tax the rich to pay for health care?

Wolff: Rich people do not make an economy strong. What makes the country wealthy is its people.  October 21, 09

National health care better be good

Wolff: Employers will push workers off company plans so Gov't plan must be comprehensive (TRNN Replay)  October 21, 09

Labor Day and the low-wage future

Pre-crisis forecast from Dept. of Labor shows a US economy structurally inclined toward low wages  October 21, 09

Lehman legacy and the predator state

Galbraith: One year after crash, a new profit model has emerged for US banks, free public money  October 21, 09

Derivatives and tax havens

Kapoor Pt4: One-third of all global economic activity passes through tax havens, with little difficulty  October 21, 09

Will Credit Raters Dodge Change...Again?

Will Washington really demand change and hold the raters accountable?  November 17, 09

Anatomy of casino capitalism Pt.6

Jane D'Arista: democratize or replace The Fed  November 16, 09

Anatomy of casino capitalism Pt.5

Jane D'Arista: The Fed should be replaced by a central bank run in the public interest  November 18, 09

Anatomy of casino capitalism Pt.7

Jane D'Arista on gold and fiat money  November 17, 09

 

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