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Bailouts Revisited: Who Got Rescued and Who Got Screwed?
(www.alternet.org)
Bank of America got bailed out, but Lehman Brothers was allowed to fail. The insurance company American International Group (AIG) was rescued, but in July federal authorities refused to bail out a... More
Submitted 6 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: The Battle for Wall Street Begins
(tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com)
"I'm not talking about a budget deficit. I'm not talking about a trade deficit. I'm not talking about a deficit of good ideas or new plans. I'm talking about a moral deficit . . . . We have a deficit... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: Filling FDR's Shoes Economy NewsLadder
(tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com)
The Great Depression permanently changed the government's role in the U.S economy, and it appears increasingly plausible that the current recession will have an equally lasting policy legacy. The... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 1 Comments |
Why the Mess Obama Inherits Might Be His Greatest Opportunity
(www.motherjones.com)
we'd meant to start this column with a few choice expletives about Goldman Sachs and its gall in setting aside nearly $6.9 billion for year-end bonuses even after getting a $10 billion bailout check... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
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