The One Issue That Could Determine Trump’s Re-Election Bid

Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute Jun 19, 2019 Republicans are systematically destroying the U.S. economy. If they can avoid collapse for another year, they might prevail next November. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Former Republican Officials Are Proposing a Carbon Tax—and It’s a Good Idea

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org Feb 12, 2017 A GOP-conceived tax is win-win: less carbon in the atmosphere and more equal distribution of income. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Of Baby Eagles and Human Prospects

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Jun 26, 2014 Surely we don’t get to gaze upon the fate of our own species through the lens of the Prime Directive. On the contrary, surely it is our duty to intervene and to do so on an urgent basis. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Paulson Tipped Hedge Funds About Market Meltdown

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2011 Back in July of 2008, when most of us were still blissfully ignorant about the approaching economic apocalypse, then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was very aware of some important market distress signals, and he chose to share some of those with an elite group of financial executives, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Access Journalism: The Movie

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 25, 2011 It is not true, as a Wall Street Journal reviewer claimed, that the HBO movie version of Andrew Sorkin’s book “Too Big to Fail” was “Too Boring to Watch.” On the contrary, the problem with the film, as with the richly anecdotal book, is that it is all too effectively misleading. Perhaps the main value of the book and film is the instruction they provide on the limits of mainstream journalism in the decade that led up to the meltdown. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Clooney Zeroes In on ‘The $700 Billion Man’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2011 Does the name Neel Kashkari ring a bell? Think way back to the year 2008, when the word bailout was just entering the vernacular in relation to Wall Street, not prison, and when Henry Paulson was still in charge of the Treasury Department. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Financial Crisis Panel Names Names

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2011 Chairman Phil Angelides and the five other Democrats on the 10-person Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission have released their devastating report, which assigns blame for the economic meltdown. They pointed at Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (above), among others. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 10, 2010 The Harvard MBA is the degree that George W. Bush and his last treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, had in common, and their shared ignorance as they presided over the collapse of the U.S. economy is on full display in the former president’s newly published memoir.It takes a Harvard MBA to raze an economy. Perhaps that is too narrow a judgment given that a law degree from that institution or from Yale University seems to serve as well. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Hires a Hustler

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 20, 2010 Behind the wonderfully engaging smile of this president there is the increasingly disturbing suggestion of a cynical power-grabbing politician whose swift rise in power reflects less the earnestness of his message and far more the skills of a traditional political hack.One day as Wall Street was crashing, President George W. Bush had the temerity to plaintively ask his treasury secretary, Henry Paulson: “How did this happen?” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Goldman Plays, We Pay

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 21, 2010 The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly Never in US history has one company wielded such destructive power over our political economy, irrespective of whether a Republican or a Democrat happened to be president. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

SEC Slaps Goldman Sachs With Fraud Suit

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2010 In a move that may signal the beginning of the end of Goldman Sachs' golden era, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit Friday against the banking behemoth, accusing the company of selling customers subprime mortgage derivatives (continued)In a move that may signal the beginning of the end of Goldman Sachs' golden era, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit Friday against the banking behemoth. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Plouffe Weighs In on Obama’s First Year

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2009 Barack Obama's top campaign strategist, David Plouffe, paid a visit to "The Daily Show" on Tuesday night, the anniversary of his candidate's big win, to look back on Obama's strategy for getting to the White House and how the president has done over the course of his first year. Jon Stewart doesn't let Plouffe off easy, especially when it comes to Obama's choice of economic advisers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )