great american stickup

Lanny Davis Puts Dems to Shame

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 5, 2011 The value of the Davis example, as with the parade of Wall Street hustlers so prominent among the Clintonistas, is that his greed has broken his cover. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Big Thumbs Up for Scheer’s ‘Stickup’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2010 We here at Truthdig know that our own Robert Scheer really wishes that he didn't have to write his latest book "The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street," but (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

So Long, Summers

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 22, 2010 Finally! The announced departure of Lawrence Summers as the president’s top economic adviser is welcome news Harvard’s loss in taking back its $586,996-a-year professor and “president emeritus,” who is also paid millions by Wall Street on the side, is the nation’s gain. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer Talks Economic Crisis

BLANK Sep 18, 2010 In appearances on MSNBC and KCRW, Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer is coming out with rhetorical guns blazing to talk about the economic crisis, Wall Street pandering, and the culpability of both parties in all of it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The ‘Clinton Bubble’: How Clinton Democrats Fostered the 2008 Economic Crisis

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 17, 2010 Truthdig reposts an excerpt from Robert Scheer's 2010 book "The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street." This is the story of the groundwork laid for the collapse of the U.S. economy—a catastrophe from which working blacks in particular still have not recovered. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

‘The Great American Stickup’: How Wall Street Occupied Washington

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 15, 2010 The big cop-out in much of what has been written about the banking meltdown has been the argument by those most complicit that there was "enough blame to go around" and that no institution or individual should be singled out for accountability. "How could we have known?" is the refrain of those who continue to pose as all-knowing experts.The big cop-out of the banking meltdown is that no institution or individual should be singled out for accountability. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Amy Goodman Interviews Robert Scheer About ‘The Great American Stickup’

BLANK Sep 7, 2010 We've heard about the robber barons on Wall Street who brought on our current economic crisis, but they couldn't have done it without the help of key political players like Bill Clinton, for one, as Robert Scheer tells Amy Goodman in this "Democracy Now!" interview about his new book.Amy Goodman talks with Truthdig's Robert Scheer about Wall Street's robber barons and Scheer's new book in this "Democracy Now!" interview. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )