Breaking Down Goldman Sachs and Financial Reform
Here’s Jon Stewart’s take on fraud charges filed against Goldman Sachs and conservative opposition to clearly much-needed financial regulation. Brilliant (Stewart, that is — not the Wall St. crooks and...
View ArticleCoddling Capitalism
Recently, Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up a group of Tea Party activists by ranting against “big daddy” government. But when we’re facing the worst economic crisis in decades, brought about by Wall...
View ArticleVideo Blog: How Else to Spend Goldman’s $5.5 Billion in Bonuses
What else could we do with $5.5 billion in bonuses Goldman Sachs is giving its employees for the first three months of 2010? You’d think that after ruining our economy AND being indicted for fraud,...
View ArticlePurple Shame: Doing Big Banks’ Bidding Knows No Party on K Street
Just when you thought it was safe to look at your 401(k) balance again, a new report from National People’s Action and the Campaign for America’s Future reveals that the pro-big bank deregulators who...
View ArticlePowell Memorandum and How Big Business Plotted To Take Over America
My latest popular education video dissects the confidential memorandum that Louis Powell (who went on to be Supreme Court Justice Louis Powell) wrote to the US Chamber of Commerce and titans of...
View ArticleWisconsin: Four Facts You Need To Know
What’s happening in Wisconsin isn’t about budget deficits or government spending or even public employee benefits. It’s class war, wherein the big business, conservative Right tries to pit working...
View ArticleDiscussing Budget Crisis Hoax [Fox Business]
In a discussion with the affable Neil Cavuto, I explain why the bruhaha over the government spending and debt is nothing more than a fig leaf for those who have long sought any excuse to attack...
View ArticleFederal Debt is GOOD [USA Today]
I have an op-ed in USA Today arguing that just as successful large corporations cary significant debt ratios to invest in future business opportunity, the federal government needs debt right now to...
View ArticleWe Don’t Need To Cut Corporate Taxes, We Need To Raise Them [FoxNews.com]
My latest column for FoxNews.com refuting the myth that corporations are taxed too much — by presenting the facts that corporations pay few taxes, especially considering the enormous benefits they get...
View ArticleSalon: New “Good News” Column
In a new weekly column launching this week on Salon, I will bring you some good news — stories about exciting and important victories for social change won at the state and local level thanks to the...
View ArticleCNN Opinion: Private Sector Isn’t Inherently Best
In response to news that GM hid information about dangerous design flaws in the Cobalt, as well as Hobby Lobby and corporate America seeking even more power and leeway, my latest column for CNN: At its...
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