Bull Cuts

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons Oct 8, 2011 Dig deeper

High Food Prices Drive Unrest, Study Says

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2011 An old argument says that full or empty bellies lead to contentment or revolt. Recent research supports that claim, showing that spikes in global food prices have coincided with the surge of social unrest and political instability seen recently in North Africa and the Middle East. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nouriel Roubini: Capitalism Must Be Saved From Itself

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2011 Economist and New York University professor Nouriel Roubini explains that globalization, reckless lending and borrowing, and the redirection of income and wealth from industries dependent upon human labor and well-being to those composed mainly of capital (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Shadowy Side of Derivatives Trading

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2010 Even after the economic crash and subsequent scrutiny of Wall Street, a circle of big banks has managed to maintain a monopoly on derivatives trading and keep a cloak of secrecy over its process. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Very Skeptical’ Brooksley Born Takes on Goldman Brass

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2010 If there's one person we'd want to see grill Goldman Sachs bigwigs about certain fishy pre-financial-meltdown practices in which they apparently engaged, such as their failure to give useful details about (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bank Shares Zoom in Wake of Regulation Deal

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2010 Bank stocks had a surprisingly good day Friday, outperforming the rest of the market after it became clear that financial reform legislation hammered out in Congress would not meddle with precious bank profits. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wall Street Reform Bill Nailed Down

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2010 After a marathon final negotiating session, Congress has cobbled together a historic overhaul of financial regulations for Wall Street. The bill is expected to win final approval next week and land on President Obama's desk. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Wall Street Creates Socialists

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 29, 2010 No leftist polemicist could come up with as damning a description of contemporary capitalism as the contents of an e-mail that Goldman's Fabrice "Fabulous Fab" Tourre sent to his girlfriend. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Titan Over Wall Street

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 23, 2010 Perhaps Obama could have scored more popularity points if he had ordered a few financiers to be led out of the Cooper Union auditorium in handcuffs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Just Doing My Job

John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Apr 22, 2010 Dig deeper

Goldman’s Shell Game

John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune Apr 20, 2010 Dig deeper

Geithner Pushes to Restrict, Not Ban Derivatives

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2010 In a letter to a ranking Senate Democrat, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called for restrictions on derivatives -- those financial instruments whose value is derived from other instruments -- but stopped at an outright ban on the trading practices that helped lead to the current financial crisis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )