Tuesday, 20 April 2010


By Chris Hedges

If the polls are accurate it is not the Republicans but the right-wing Republicans, the crazed Republicans, who will sweep the next election.” Continue


Goldman's Travails: 

By Mike Whitney

Screwing people is a "growth industry". And a big organization like Goldman has a reservoir full of snakeoil, so it doesn't have to worry about running-low on reserves. Just stitch-together a bunch of junk securities, dress them up in sequins and gold-lame', dump them off on investors, and rake in big profits when the ship sinks. Continue



By Simon Johnson

These huge banks will behave better only when and if their executives face credible criminal penalties.  This simply cannot happen while these banks are anywhere near their current size.Continue



By David DeGraw

You and I are working our asses off, paying 30% of our limited income in taxes. Not the banks that triggered the financial crisis. Continue