When It Comes to Prosecuting Wall Street, Preet Bharara Is No Hero

By Jesse Eisinger / ProPublica Mar 13, 2017 The U.S. attorney fired by President Trump has been acclaimed for tackling corruption. But his treatment of figures involved in the Great Recession was far less confrontational. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Is the Rise of Donald Trump Obama’s Legacy? (Video)

BLANK Jan 10, 2017 Paul Jay of The Real News asks Truthdig contributor Paul Street if President Obama is a true progressive and whether his policies "helped set the table for the emergence of a Trump." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Donald Trump Means for the Economy

By Simon Johnson / Moyers & Company Nov 14, 2016 Trump and congressional Republicans will be able to pass an agenda that jeopardizes middle-class Americans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

John Oliver: We Should Be Worried About the Subprime Car Loan Bubble That’s About to Burst (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2016 In a scary and important episode, the "Last Week Tonight" host sounds a warning about a boom in subprime automobile loans that promises to make "your eye twitch with flashbacks to the mortgage crisis." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer Questions Lawrence Summers and Michael Blumenthal on the 2008 Financial Crash (Video)

Jul 27, 2016 On Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, Truthdig's editor in chief confronted the two former Treasury secretaries about the role financial deregulation played in the Wall Street crash. On Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, Truthdig's editor in chief confronted the two former Treasury secretaries about the role financial deregulation played in the Wall Street crash. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

They Exist: ‘Bankers for Bernie’ Fight for Sanders in New York

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 15, 2016 A group of high-profile Wall Street figures “are prepared to abandon pure self-interest and embrace the radical financial reforms espoused by Bernie Sanders.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Plans to Break Up the Banks Break Up the Banks

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Apr 11, 2016 Dig deeper

Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Reform Plan Leaves Credit Rating Agencies Untouched

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 14, 2016 “Clinton’s vision of financial reform neglects one part of the industry everyone agrees was an essential factor in the 2008 crisis: the credit rating agencies, which assess the worthiness of Wall Street securities for investors,” writes David Dayen at The Intercept. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘The Big Short’ and Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Bust Up Wall Street

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jan 12, 2016 The movie shows why Bernie Sanders’ plan to break up the biggest banks and reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act (separating investment from commercial banking) is necessary—and why Hillary Clinton’s more modest plan is inadequate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Is Right About Clinton and Big Banks — and Here Are the Numbers to Prove It

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2016 As the Vermont senator recently pointed out, Hillary Clinton's relationship with Wall Street becomes clear when you look at how much she's charged for speeches to Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and big banks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Bernie Sanders Inveighs Against Wall Street in Major Address on Economic Policy Proposals

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2016 At Town Hall in Mmidtown Manhattan on Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gave his most stirring speech yet in defense of the American people, their institutions and their future in the fight against the greed and self-interest of the private interests headquartered at Wall Street.At Town Hall in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gave his most stirring speech yet in defense of the American people, their institutions and their future in the fight against the greed and self-interest of the private interests headquartered at Wall Street. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The Economy in 2016: Buying Time Before All the Old Problems Resurface

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2015 What’s in store for the world economically in the new year? While he cautions against predictions, Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott projects that “there will be no explosion in 2016, but a fuse will be lit.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )