By Joe LauriaJul 4, 2017
Between April 2013 and March 2015, she gave 91 paid speeches averaging $235,000 apiece, for a total of $21,648,000. This excerpt from "How I Lost" spotlights three of those talks. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )
By Nomi Prins / TomDispatchJun 11, 2017
A growing bipartisan alliance wants to restore Glass-Steagall legislation, which ensured that investment banks and commercial banks couldn't cohabit. But what will the president do? Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 19, 2017
The Massachusetts senator slammed the treasury secretary for his confusing statements during a Senate Banking Committee hearing Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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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 )
Staff / TruthdigJul 21, 2016
Donald Trump and archnemesis Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts actually agree on this banking policy proposal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 6, 2016
Endorsing the Republican agenda of financial industry deregulation, reversing New Deal safeguards, President Clinton caused more damage to the American economy in the long run than any president since Herbert Hoover.That has always been the man’s special gift—to rise above, and indeed benefit from, the messes he created. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 21, 2016
The intense scrutiny of Bill Clinton’s economic record may not give her the boost she is expecting. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Andrea Germanos / Common DreamsApr 6, 2016
His campaign and analysts counter the media frenzy that says Sanders has no plan and call into question the New York Daily News interview that sparked it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigOct 10, 2015
Giant Wall Street banks continue to threaten the wellbeing of millions of Americans, but what to do? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigJul 15, 2015
Hillary Clinton won’t propose reinstating a bank breakup law known as the Glass-Steagall Act -- at least according to Alan Blinder, an economist who has been advising Clinton’s campaign. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigSep 22, 2014
Civil disobedience must be used to abolish the oil, gas and coal companies and replace a government held captive by corporations. Otherwise, we will say goodbye to life as we know it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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