Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 28, 2016
The New York Times columnist burnished his reputation as an irrelevant pundit Wednesday when he judged as "un-serious" 170 economic and financial policy experts who support the Wall Street reforms of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, writes Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 22, 2016
Former financial regulator Bill Black and Public Banking Institute founder Ellen Brown see no indication in Hillary Clinton’s track record that she will fulfill any 2016 campaign promise to implement regulations on Wall Street. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 1, 2015
The esteemed U.S. political economists say Western financial institutions are keen to bail out Greece because if they don’t, the country's existing creditors -- other Western financial institutions -- will fail to recover money they previously lent to Greece. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 8, 2014
In an "unprecedented" trial that challenges the Obama administration's official position on who was responsible for the 2008 financial meltdown, a Sacramento jury in late August thwarted a federal prosecutor's effort to charge borrowers with mortgage fraud after the defense successfully argued that executives who signed off on the loans didn't care whether answers given on mortgage applications were accurate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtApr 13, 2014
Taxpayers are paying billions of dollars for a swindle pulled off by the world’s biggest banks, using a form of derivative called interest-rate swaps. And the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has now joined a chorus of litigants suing over it. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 19, 2013
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa responded to recession in his country with increased spending on education, health care and infrastructure, and the economy is rebounding fantastically. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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