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You have to hand it to Wall Street
Betting on a Global Crapshoot Steve Weissman, Truthout: "You have to hand it to Wall Street. It wreaks havoc on the global economy, and the rest of us - as taxpayers - prop it up so that it can do it... ...
Behind the US Banks' Profit Reports
By Barry Grey The banks are continuing, with the blessings of the Obama administration, the same predatory policies that generated massive fortunes on Wall Street and eventually plunged the US and world... ...
If the Bank Bailout Fails, Will Anyone Get the Boot?
Dean Baker, Truthout: "The prospect of taxpayers losing hundreds of billions on a bank bailout, which doesn't even fix the banks, is not very inspiring. In fact, it is a complete disaster. Even in Washington,... ...
G8 warns of hunger threat to stability
The world faces a permanent food crisis and global instability unless countries act now to feed a surging population by doubling agricultural output, a report drafted for ministers of the Group of Eight... ...
A Trillion Dollars for the Banks: How About a Second Opinion?
Dean Baker, Truthout: "Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wants to have the government lend up to a trillion dollars to hedge funds, private equity, funds and the banks themselves to clear their books... ...
Obama’s blind faith in Geithner
Boston Globe by Joan Vennochi 03/26/09 Presid ent Obama got frosty during Tuesday night’s press conference when asked about the bonuses paid to employees of American International Group, the failed company... ...
Deeper in debt than anyone knows
The American Spectator by Jeff Emanuel 03/24/09 It’s no secret to anybody who’s been paying attention to budget numbers that the United States, with its current GDP of just under $14 trillion, is sinking... ...
Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers
By Reuters The U.S. government plan to rid banks of toxic assets will rob American taxpayers by exposing them to too much risk and is unlikely to work as long as the economy remains weak, Nobel Prize-winning... ...
Geithner's Public Private Partnership Puts Public Most at Risk
http://www.commondreams.or g/view/2009/03/24-14 Fisc al Plan Fails both Markets and Taxpayers http://www.commo ndreams.org/view/2009/03/2 4-8 Perfect Storm of Environmental and Economic Collapse Closer Than... ...
A.I.G. Bonuses: Class War in the Media
Dean Baker, Truthout: "The debate over the A.I.G. bonuses is class war in its full naked glory. On the surface, everyone agreed that paying multi-million bonuses to the folks who bankrupted their company... ...