It’s the Stupidity, Stupid

David Sirota / Truthdig Oct 29, 2010 What could cause the intensifying politics of free-market fundamentalism at the very historical moment that proves the failure of such an ideology? Two new academic studies suggest all roads lead to ignorance. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Financial Reform Won’t Alter Capitalism’s Icarus Trajectory

Stuart Whatley / Truthdig May 22, 2010 Perhaps the most troubling reality in the 21st century is that our economics now dictates our cultural values, rather than the reverse, where we the people would decide how resources, production and mutual prosperity should be systematized to achieve the best society for all. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Rand Paul Calls Obama’s Treatment of BP ‘Un-American’

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2010 Since when is coddling big businesses gone horribly awry a pro-American value? Although it could be inferred that several successive administrations have abided by this economic ethic, leave it to the GOP's newly christened Next Big Thing, Rand Paul (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tea Party-GOP Relations Show Signs of Strain

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2010 Tea party loyalists may be situated at the right side of the political spectrum, but that doesn't mean the upstart political movement is an adjunct to the Republican Party, no siree. As it evolves, the loosely unified conservative coalition may be moving farther away from the GOP's orbit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Nuclear Option

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 17, 2010 President Obama's publicly financed resuscitation of the nuclear power industry in the U.S. is bound to fail, another taxpayer bailout waiting to happen. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Four-Letter Word

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Extreme Makeover: Republican Edition

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2009 They may be drawing from the same ol' value system -- based on buzzwords like individualism, faith, "family values" and free market capitalism -- but prominent members of the GOP, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, are looking to revamp their party's image and regain political traction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Non-Rising Tide Lifts No Boats

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2009 The rationale of the TARP bailout's "capital-injection program" -- providing banks with capital that will increase loans to consumers and businesses -- has apparently been forgotten by the 20 largest banks that received TARP money. A Treasury Department survey has found that lending in the last quarter of 2008 was stagnant, or even slightly declined, despite $250 billion in capital-injection funds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Afghanistan in Crisis

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Nov 30, 2008 The collapse of Afghanistan is closer than the world believes. Kandahar is in Taliban hands -- all but a square mile at the centre of the city --and the first Taliban checkpoints are scarcely 15 miles from Kabul. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Bush Valiantly Defends Free Market

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2008 Good thing President Bush was there to remind attendees at last weekend's G-20 summit that capitalism isn't all bad; after all, it gave us Hot Wheels and iPods! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greenspan Admits Ideological Flaw

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2008 The former Fed chair told angry lawmakers on Thursday that after 40 years of buying into free-market ideology he had "found a flaw." Rep. Henry Waxman told Greenspan "our whole economy is paying the price" because he ignored advice and resisted regulation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Economic Meltdown: Don’t Say We Weren’t Forewarned

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 19, 2008 Has the war on terrorism become the modern equivalent of the Roman Circus, drawing the people’s attention away from the failures of those who rule them? Corporate America is a shambles because deregulation, the mantra of our president and his party, has proved to be a license to steal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )