It Wasn’t David Stockman Who Wrecked the Economy

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 2, 2013 For all of the strident attacks on Stockman’s column, I have yet to read a serious critique of his most brazen claim. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Inconvenient Truth About Jack Lew

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 11, 2013 I suppose that he can't be much worse than Timothy Geithner, but that should be scant cause for cheer over the news that the president has nominated Jack Lew as Treasury secretary. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Crony Capitalism’s Power Couple

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 21, 2012 Where are Phil and Wendy Gramm hiding now that UBS, like Enron before it, has been nailed by the G-men? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Sign That Obama Will Repeat Economic Mistakes

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 7, 2012 Reports in the business press tout a prime participant in the great banking hustle as a possible candidate to be the next Treasury secretary. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Great Deregulator

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 10, 2012 Bill Clinton bears as much responsibility as any politician for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the wild applause for his disingenuous speech at the Democratic National Convention last week is a sure sign of the poverty of what passes for progressive politics.Bill Clinton bears as much responsibility as any politician for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Why the Senate Won’t Touch Jamie Dimon

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Jun 21, 2012 JPMorgan Chase is the biggest campaign donor to many of the members of the Senate Banking Committee who were charged with investigating the bank's CEO, Jamie Dimon, in mid June. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Care and Feeding of a Corporate Propagandist

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 21, 2012 Over the last decade, New Yorker columnist Malcolm Gladwell has managed to metamorphose from a trained shill for Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and the deregulatory movement into an intellectual darling of mainstream "liberal" America. How did he do it? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Deregulation

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For He’s a Jolly Good Scoundrel

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 19, 2012 The men most responsible for the collapse of the American dream are heaped with honors at the highest levels of society. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Proposed Rules: You Lose, Poultry Industry Wins

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2012 And you thought pink slime was bad: The Obama administration is proposing to fire USDA inspectors and let the poultry industry inspect its own slaughterhouse lines—while simultaneously speeding up the kill line. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 2, 2012 That Lawrence Summers and Bill Clinton, the president he served as treasury secretary, can still get away with disclaiming responsibility for our financial meltdown is an insult to reason.That Lawrence Summers and Bill Clinton can still get away with disclaiming responsibility for our financial meltdown is an insult to reason. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama’s New Chief of Staff Hails From Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2012 Jack Lew is a liberal who worked for Speaker Tip O'Neill and studied under beloved progressive Sen Paul Wellstone, but he was also the chief operating officer of a Citigroup unit and doesn't fault deregulation for the shoddy economy (more)Jack Lew is a liberal who worked for Speaker Tip O'Neill and studied under beloved progressive Sen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )