Would This Man Be Hillary Clinton’s Treasury Secretary?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 3, 2016 BlackRock Inc. is the world’s largest manager of financial assets—five times larger than Goldman Sachs. And its CEO, Larry Fink, and his team are poised to take over a Clinton Treasury Department. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Unlikely Critic Neel Kashkari Says Banks Still Pose ‘Nuclear’ Risk to U.S. Economy

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Feb 17, 2016 Federal Reserve official Neel Kashkari warns that "we won't see the next crisis coming, and it won’t look like what we might be expecting." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Obama Could Beat the Debt Ceiling and Go Out a Hero

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Oct 28, 2015 The debt ceiling is an unconstitutional gimmick that violates the 14th Amendment, and it could be eliminated for good by restoring to the government its constitutional authority to create money. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Jessica Williams Tells Jon Stewart Why a Woman on a Bill Is No Big Deal

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 25, 2015 In a new segment for "The Daily Show," the ever-charming Jessica Williams argues that not only is the effort to put a woman on the $10 bill half-assed and way too late, the real issue we should be preoccupied with is the gender pay gap. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Now That Women Can Appear on Our $10 Bills, Can They Make More Money, Too?

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 19, 2015 Hey, did you hear that an American woman of historical import is slated to appear on the $10 bill? Is anyone investigating whether her ten-spot will be worth the same as the one with Alexander Hamilton on it -- or would its actual value come in at, say, $7.70? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Treasury Announces a Woman Will Appear on the $10 Bill

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 18, 2015 A campaign to celebrate the centenary of female suffrage has succeeded in getting a woman on a U.S. bank note, though she’ll have to share the honor with a man. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Emails Reveal Friendship of Koch Lobbyists and Financial Regulators

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jun 13, 2015 Recent emails reveal the close bond between Koch lobbyists and regulators at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

From Austerity to Prosperity: Why I Am Running for California Treasurer

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Jan 16, 2014 California cannot solve its budget problems by slashing services that have already been cut to the bone or raising sales taxes that hurt the poor far more than the rich. We are fighting over a pie that remains too small. The pie itself needs to be expanded -- and it can be. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Oct. 17: The Day the Money Runs Out

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 26, 2013 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has written House Speaker John Boehner to warn that unless Congress raises the debt limit, the United States of America is going to start bouncing checks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Andrew Cockburn

BLANK Sep 15, 2013 In reporting on decades of U.S. sanctions against Iran, Harper’s Magazine’s Washington editor fully uncovers a mass destruction and murder scheme on a Napoleonic scale. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Larry Summers and the ‘End-Game’ Memo

BLANK Aug 26, 2013 A 1997 memo retrieved from the filing cabinet of investigative reporter Greg Palast shows the involvement of Lawrence Summers -- Obama's current favorite for chairman of the Federal Reserve -- in a successful plan to help big bank CEOs "rip apart financial regulation across the planet." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Prosecutors Use Patriot Act to Shut Down Virtual Currency Operator

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 29, 2013 Liberty Reserve, which, until Tuesday, operated a virtual currency that could be exchanged for cash, stands accused by the United States of laundering $6 billion in criminal funds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )