Paul Krugman Deems 170 Policy Experts Who Support Sanders’ Wall Street Reforms ‘Un-Serious’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 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 )

VIDEO: Can Hillary Clinton Be Trusted to Regulate the Banks That Made Her Rich?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 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 )

VIDEO: Michael Hudson and Bill Black: A Greek Bailout Is Really a Bailout of Western Banks

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 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 )

California Trial Places Mortgage Blame on Bankers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 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 )

The Global Banking Game Is Rigged, and the FDIC Is Suing

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Apr 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 )

What’s Working in Ecuador

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 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 )