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Focus: Economy

Tax havens & currency speculation

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

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

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

 

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