Curbing Wall Street


Richard Eskow's picture

Wall Street and GOP Senators: 8-Ball in the Side Pocket

Mattel makes a toy called the "Magic 8-Ball." It looks like a pool ball with a little window in it. You ask it a question, then shake it and an answer pops up in the glass. They were a craze in the corporate world a few years back, and you still see lots of them holding down papers on desks across America. more »

More »»


Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Chris Dodd vs. Big Banks' Gambling Addicts

Will Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., be seduced by the siren song of bipartisanship and allow the nation's largest banks to gamble with what amounts to a taxpayer-paid insurance policy? more »

More »»


Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Financial Reform: We Can't Afford To Lose

"There's a lot of populism going on in this country right now, and I'm tired of it."

—Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., in an interview on CNBC January 25

more »

More »»