Jamie Dimon and other too-big-to-fail bankers threaten America
Ed Kane, a professor of finance at Boston College and grantee at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, studies the...
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Bernie Sanders Explains How Criminal Fraud Is The Big Banks’ Business Model
Bernie Sanders reacted to the news that the big banks pled guilty to manipulating currency markets by blunting saying that...
Economist Robert Reich – Ten Ideas to Save the Economy #4: Bust Up Wall Street
When Americans think of how the economic rules are stacked against them, they naturally think of Wall Street. When the...
Big Banks Fined Billions For Currency Manipulation Scheme
The Department of Justice announced the guilty pleas of five big banks: Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Barclays PLC, The...
Bernie Sanders Delivers A Body Blow To Wall St With New Bill To Break Up The Big Banks
Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking on Wall Street directly with a new bill that would break up the nation’s “too...
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback Is Stealing From Taxpayers To Enrich Banks
It is beyond refute that Republicans have devised some truly cruel means of stealing from taxpayers and the poor to...
Wall Street wants to withhold campaign donations to Senate Democrats because they’re upset with Elizabeth Warren
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Big Wall Street banks are so upset with Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren’s call for them to...
Elizabeth Warren Tells Wall Street If They Want To Fight Her, “Bring It On”
Before a packed room in a Manhattan Barnes & Noble bookstore, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) refused to back off...
Elizabeth Warren Fires Back After Wall Street Threats
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has a blunt message for the big Wall Street banks that may withhold campaign donations to...
Republicans and Wall Street Line Up to Put Taxpayers on the Hook
Recently, Congress has passed measures to weaken regulations in Dodd-Frank that are intended to reduce the risk of another financial...
Democrats Gear Up to Battle Wall Street in the New Congress
Democrats appear to have learned some lessons from their 2014 mid-term whipping. Numerous analysts said the lack of a coherent...
Matt Taibbi and “The $9 Billion Witness” Who Exposed How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy
In holiday special, we feature a Democracy Now! broadcast exclusive interview with Alayne Fleischmann, the whistleblower who helped the Justice...
Sanders Has a Couple More Good Ideas: Break Up Big Banks, Expand Social Security
Promising to put forth and lobby on behalf of two bold progressive policy ideas in the months ahead, Sen. Bernie...
Wall Street and Major Retailers Agree That Inequality is Killing Us. Why Don’t Republicans?
Income inequality is killing the economy. Retailers, bankers and Democrats agree on that. Really. It’s only Republicans who continue to...
Inequality and the USA: A Nation in Denial?
Every August, for most of the last four decades, top central bankers from around the world have been making their...
Why Do Bankers Get Help but Not Homeowners?
It’s time to start helping the people, and stop helping Wall Street. According to an agreement announced earlier today, big...
Meet the Banking Caucus, Wall Street’s secret weapon in Washington
Every business sector has its friends in Washington. Financial companies — from the biggest megabanks to small payday lenders —...
Iraq and Detroit: Both Plundered by the Same Bandits
The ugly face of empire and disaster capitalism is visible all over the world. Detroit, Michigan, was once a thriving...
