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July 2, 2009
July 1, 2009
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Guerrera et al, Financial Times, Citi Raises Rates on Millions of Credit Cards: Report
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 NPR, What It's Costing Us
June 27, 2009
6/26/09 McKinnley, NYT, New Border Fear: Militia Violence
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 Nichols, Nation, House Passes "Weak" Climate Change Bill
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 Scheer, Nation, Foreclosure Fiasco
June 23, 2009
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Dloughy, SF Chron., Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
June 20, 2009
6/20/09 Bacon, TruthOut, Criminals Because We Worked
June 19, 2009
6/19/09 Baseline, TARP for Regulators!
6/19/09 Baseline, TARP for Rating Agencies
6/19/09 Grieder, Nation, Obama's False Financial Reform
6/14/09 LaFranchi, CSM, Obama's new tune on trade
June 18, 2009
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 Scheer, Nation, Obama's Money Men Finally Get It
June 16, 2009
June 15, 2009
June 14, 2009
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Goldacre, Guardian, Cocaine study that got up the nose of the US
June 12, 2009
June 11, 2009
June 10, 2009
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 Wayne, Congressional Quarterly, House Democrats Unveil Health Care Overhaul
June 8, 2009
June 7, 2009
6/07/09 Lightman & Barrett, McClatchy, Senate poised to vote on sweeping FDA tobacco rules
June 5, 2009
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Andrews, ProPublica, Homeowners Seeking Gov't Loan Mods Are Fed Up
June 3, 2009
June 1, 2009
May 30, 2009
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 Kiel, ProPublica, GM Belongs to Us
5/29/09 Mechanic, MoJo, What One Stimulus Buck Could Do
May 28, 2009
May 27, 2009
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 Streitfeld, NYT, Home Prices Decline Again in March
May 25, 2009
May 24, 2009
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Geithner Plan vs. Paulson Plan
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, First Buy High; Then Sell Low
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 Grabel, ProPublica, Some Stimulus Reports Come In
May 17, 2009
5/17/09 Wiegand, SacBee, The Machinery Behind Health-Care Reform
May 15, 2009
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 Cho & Goldfarb, WP, U.S. Pushes Ahead With Derivatives Regulation
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Story & Dash, NYT, U.S. Considers Financial Pay Rules
May 12, 2009
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 Hightower, Alternet, Democrats Give Wall Street a Big, Wet Kiss
5/11/09 Apuzzo & Blackledge, AP, STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest
May 9, 2009
5/09/09 Baseline Scenario, Stress Tests: What Was the Point Again?
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 Drawbaugh & Younglai, Reuters, Admin wants Fed to oversee "systemic risk": sources
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 sTEIN, mOjO, Meet K Street's Worst Nightmare
5/07/09 Howell, ITT, Bonuses Make a Comeback
5/07/09 Pfierfer, LAT, SEC cracks down on investment fraud
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Baseline Scenario, The Need for New Antitrust Laws
May 3, 2009
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Mason, Reuters, Obama says financial sector to shrink
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 Gettelman, MoJo, Conspiracy Watch: Operation Couch Potato
5/01/09 Arrieta, ITT, An Inconvenient Woman
April 30, 2009
April 29, 2009
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Comley & Kamalakaran, Reuters, BofA, Citi urged to increase capital: report
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Sirota, ITT, 'Reform' To Nowhere
April 25, 2009
April 24, 2009
4/24/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Fed Releases Stress Test Guidelines
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 NPR, Why Banks Won't Lend
4/22/09 Scheer, Nation, Thievery Under TARP
4/22/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, The Missed Opportunity
April 21, 2009
April 19, 2009
April 18, 2009
April 17, 2009
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Gutierrez & Drash, CNN, Folks losing homes dial 1-800; no one answers
April 15, 2009
April 14, 2009
4/14/09 Atalli, L'Express, The Geithner Bubble
April 12, 2009
4/12/09 BaselineScenario, Why Bail Out Life Insurers?
April 11, 2009
4/11/09 Alonso-Zaldivar, AP, No strength in numbers for America's uninsured
April 10, 2009
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 Schulman & Stein, MoJo, Revolving Door, Bailout Edition
4/09/09 Becker & McDonnell, LAT, U.S. citizens caught up in immigration sweeps
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 Boley & de la Merced, NYT, U.S. May Enlist Small Investors in Bank Bailout
April 7, 2009
4/07/09 Corbin, Internet News, Groups Warn New Cybersecurity Bill Oversteps
April 4, 2009
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Pupovac, ITT, Same-Sex Marriage in the Heartland
4/03/09 Engdahl, Asia Times, Geithner's dirty little secret
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, The Mark-to-Market Myth
April 1, 2009
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Stein, MoJo, Climate Bill Kick Off
3/31/09 Remmer, TruthOut, Merrill Lynch Bonus Payments Dwarf A.I.G.
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Nichols, Nation, Sanders Puts Single-Payer On the Agenda
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 Razzi, WP, Overhaul Targets Money Market
3/29/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Money For Nothing
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 Grieder, Nation, Trust Your Guts
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Wilemon, Memphis Daily News, Farmers Worry About Proposed Legislation
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Schulman, MoJo, Crying Foul Over a Loon Decision
3/26/09 Fiore, MoJo, Leverage Me Tender
3/26/09 Strategic Roundtable, Empire Roundtable
3/26/09 NPR, Blaming Glass-Steagall
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Mead, Kentucky.com, EPA signals mining crackdown
March 24, 2009
3/24/09 Grieder, Nation, Obama's New Monopoly Set
3/24/09 Andrews & Dash, NYT, U.S. Seeks Expanded Power in Seizing Firms
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Hopkins, Charlotte Observer, As credit markets froze, banks loaned millions to insiders
March 21, 2009
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 Clifford, CNN, U.S. seizes 2 big credit unions
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 Hamburger & Hook, LAT, In AIG flap, it's not just about bonuses anymore
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 Koeppel, ConsortiumNews, Indentured Servants, Circa 2009
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Coutts, ProPublica, Another $8 Billion Or So on the Line for AIG
3/16/09 Alexander, Reuters, Obama unveils steps to aid small businesses
March 14, 2009
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Talvi, ITT, De-escalating the Drug War
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Bailed Out Bank Had Friends in High Places
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Grieder, Nation, Fixing the Fed
March 10, 2009
March 9, 2009
March 7, 2009
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Follow the Stimulus Money
3/06/09 Ordonoz, Charlotte, Observer, Bill aims to keep aid from illegal immigrants
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Ordonez & Zagarolli, Charlotte Observer, Deportation program nets minor offenders
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Scheer, Nation, AIG: Billions Dished Out in the Dark
3/04/09 Stiglitz, Nation, A Bank Bailout That Works
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Stimulus Watchdog
3/03/09 Drawbaugh, Reuters, Foreign tax havens targeted in U.S. bills
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Kiel, ProPublica, AIG: The Tally Mounts (And Gets Murkier)
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Holland, Modesto Bee, Jump-starting job creation: What works?
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Mortgage Bankruptcy Reform Update
February 26, 2009
2/26/09 McGee, Star-Telegram, Bill offers leeway on deportations
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Gardiner, FPIF, It's a Global Economic Crisis
February 24, 2009
February 23, 2009
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 Falloon, Reuters, Europe says all markets must be regulated
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 Ferguson & Johnson, Nation, Nationalize Failing Banks? GOP and Single-Payer 2.0
February 19, 2009
2/19/09 Ordonez, Charlotte Observer, Stimulus dollars may end up helping illegal workers
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Guha & Lucer, Financial Times, Greenspan backs nationalisation (or here)
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 Heller, OpenLeft, Burger King Bailout Shocker
February 15, 2009
February 14, 2009
February 13, 2009
2/13/09 Artens, FPIF, Multilateralism in Munich
February 12, 2009
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Economic Stimulus: Resolution Confusion
2/11/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Nationalize the Banks
February 10, 2009
2/10/09 Guiterrez & Drash, CNN, Bad economy forcing immigrants to reconsider U.S.
2/10/09 Grabell, ProPublica, The Stimulus Bills: House vs. Senate
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, New Bailout Strategy: Corporatist Victory
2/09/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Track the Stimulus (Decoder Ring Included!)
2/09/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Energy Taxes' Faustian Bargain
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 Towers & Fausset, LAT, States' only option now is budget pain
February 7, 2009
February 6, 2009
February 5, 2009
2/05/09 Susskind, FPIF, Un-Gagging Women's Human Rights
2/05/09 Puzanghera et al, LAT, Wall Street finds ways around executive pay caps
February 4, 2009
February 3, 2009
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Hartmann, CommonDreams, Citigroup's Football Madness
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Bajaj & Labaton, NYT, Risks Are Vast in Revaluation of Assets
2/01/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Bailout Cash Subsidizing Outsourcing
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 Fletcher, WP, 8 Questions on the Stimulus Package
January 30, 2009
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 Applebaum, WP, U.S. Aid Goes to Credit Unions
1/29/09 Reuters,
1/29/09 Harris & Belluck, NYT, New Look at Food Safety After Peanut Tainting
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Ward, Charleston Gazette, Coal Wins Big in Senate Stimulus Package
January 27, 2009
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 Hong & reynolds, LAT, U.S. weighs strategies to stem home foreclosures
January 23, 2009
January 22, 2009
January 20, 2009
January 19, 2009
January 17, 2009
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 Rothaker & Rexrode, McClatchy, Bank of America loses $2.39 billion in 4th quarter
1/16/09 Goldman et al, CNN, BofA: $20B bailout, huge Merrill loss
January 15, 2009
1/15/09 Rothacker & Rexrode, Charlotte Observer, BofA may get billions in U.S. aid to finish Merrill deal
1/15/09 Comley, Reuters, JPMorgan profit slumps on writedowns
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 ANdrews, ProPublica, Quick Picks: Bank Hoards Bailout Bucks
1/14/09 Reuters, Worries over Citigroup mount
January 13, 2009
January 12, 2009
1/12/09 Zandi, Progressive, How to Stimulate the Economy
January 11, 2009
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Al Jazeera, US congress votes to back Israel
1/10/09 Cho & Montgomery, WP, Bush Prepares Request for Rest Of Bailout Funds
January 9, 2009
January 8, 2009
January 7, 2009
January 4, 2009
January 2, 2009