Editorial Cartoons
Editorial Cartoons
Chaos in the Market: How Might It Affect the 2016 Presidential Race?
Aug 25, 2015 If the global swoon in stock prices were to turn into something more serious, which candidates would benefit?
The Insider’s Economic Dictionary: B Is for Bailout
Aug 10, 2013 Republicans and the financial sector sequester the economic surplus in their own hands, price their economic rents to squeeze incomes, and then criminalize poverty as if the poor vote to be poor as a matter of choice!
The Crime of Our Time
May 6, 2010 Danny Schechter's new movie, "Plunder: The Crime of Our Time," tells the story of the economic collapse as "a crime narrative as opposed to a mistakes narrative."Obama’s Pen Pals
Aug 4, 2009 Every day the president reads 10 letters from the public that are handpicked by his staff. Lately, he says, a lot of them are about health care. Here's a White House-produced look at the process.
Paul Krugman on the ‘Conscience of a Liberal’
Nov 16, 2007 The New York Times columnist brings his liberal conscience and economic expertise to bear on the housing crisis and sheds light on the dirty secret behind many political victories by conservatives: "The consistent source of [Republican] success has been race."Home Prices Plummet
Aug 29, 2007 If you're caught up financially in the housing bubble (who isn't these days?), you might want to skip this item. Home prices have fallen by 3.2 percent -- the sharpest drop in 20 years, while the median price for homes has gone down for the 12th consecutive month -- another record. That's not good news for a market eager to return to the good ol' days of easy loans and overpriced homes.
Domino Theory
Aug 14, 2007Home Foreclosures on the Rise
Mar 5, 2007 As interest rates continue to spiral out of control for many high-risk borrowers, the number of home foreclosures around the country is steadily going up. There isn't much good news for the opportunistic lenders either -- more than 20 mortgage companies have already gone bankrupt.
Pop! Housing Bubble Burst is Real, and Consequential
Aug 28, 2006 Economist and N.Y. Times columnist Paul Krugman writes that the downturn in the housing market is "a recipe for a major bust, not a soft landing," and that it will likely drag the entire economy down with it. As evidence, check out this Cincinnati Enquirer article about consumers tightening their belts in the face of the housing slump and high gas prices.
