Joe Biden Weighing Multiple Billionaires for Cabinet Positions

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Mar 9, 2020 A report reveals that he is eyeing Mike Bloomberg to head the World Bank and banking CEO Jamie Dimon for Treasury secretary. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: Billionaires Don’t Actually Like Capitalism

Robert Reich / Truthdig Nov 14, 2019 If America's oligarchs had any interest in preserving the country's economic system, they'd throw their support behind a wealth tax. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Death by Oligarchy

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 11, 2019 Once oligarchs seize power, they dismantle outside controls to create a corrupt economy and finally a corrupt state. Tyranny follows. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Capitalists Are Afraid

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Sep 9, 2019 A Business Roundtable statement about the purpose of corporations shows that ruling elites fear their crimes are coming back to haunt them. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Unveils ‘Anti-Endorsement’ List of Billionaires

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jul 11, 2019 Prominent names include Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Home Depot co-founder Kenneth Langone. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Fed Boosts Wall Street, Not Main Street

Nomi Prins / Truthdig May 1, 2018 Today's central bank collusion is nothing more than a massive “trickle down” subsidy for the financial system—and promises for the masses. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Here’s a Health-Care Model for Bezos, Buffett and Dimon: Medicare

Marshall Auerback / AlterNet Feb 11, 2018 As the billionaires' firms plan a new entity to tackle the high costs of medical services, they should study the government program as an effective design. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Continues the Manipulation of Populism by ‘Swamping Up’ His Path to Power

Paul Street / Truthdig Dec 8, 2016 Beneath populist pretense and slander, the coming Trump presidency is shaping up as a great monument to the nation’s unelected dictatorship of money. The only real mystery is how far it will deliver on its reactionary promises. Dig deeper ( 11 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 )

CEO Pay at Top U.S. Companies Up 54 Percent Since Start of Recovery

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 25, 2015 The average American worker would have to toil for about five weeks, with no days off, to earn what a CEO makes in an hour. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

President Obama and Congress Just Gave Your Savings Account to JPMorgan

BLANK Dec 14, 2014 With the passage of the 2015 federal budget bill, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon got lawmakers to repeal a key part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law and allow banks to use the savings accounts of ordinary Americans to gamble in the stock market on behalf of hedge funds, corporations and the rich. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 22, 2013 The biggest U.S. bank will pay a record $13 billion fine with a criminal investigation pending, but the stock price is riding high. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )