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Financial Crisis Probe Gets Under Way

Submitted by Isaiah J. Poole
Produced by Institute for America's Future
September 17, 2009

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, the panel created by Congress to investigate the causes of last year's financial market meltdown, held its inaugural meeting September 17 as the nation observed the one-year anniversary of the nadir of the Wall Street economic collapse. more »

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The Mugging of the Common Good

By Robert Borosage
September 15, 2009

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
....The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand

-- William Butler Yeats

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Wells Fargo 'Chooses To Cheat Us'

By Mike Elk
July 7, 2009

Last week, I wrote about workers who were fighting back against Wells Fargo after the bank cut off credit to Quad City Die Casting factory on Moline, Ill., causing the factory to close. more »

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Why We Can't Wait To Move On Bank Reform

By Dean Baker
May 14, 2009

Issues-NOW-75.gifIf we didn't live in the world we actually live in, putting Wall Street reform on hold until we fix the immediate problems with the banks might make sense. But in the world we do live in, it is precisely because the banks have an immediate problem that there is some hope of reining them in. Here's why putting that off would lead to failure.

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The Politics of Ending Bailout-mania

By David Sirota
May 12, 2009

Issues-NOW-75.gifDean Baker has expertly provided the economic case for ending taxpayer-funded bailouts for Wall Street. But, as we all know, just because something makes sound economic sense does not mean Congress or the White House will change course.

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Time to End the Bailouts

By Dean Baker
May 12, 2009

Issues-NOW-75.gifLet's take Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at his word. If the banks are strong enough to get through the downturn, then can we end the taxpayer bailouts that were supposedly necessary to keep them afloat?

(This is the first in a series of guest posts on issues that will be addressed at the America's Future Now! conference June 1-3 in Washington.)

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Arianna Huffington Interviews Elizabeth Warren: Demanding Accountability

By CNBC "Squawk Box"
May 7th, 2009

Elizabeth Warren, the chairman of the congressional committee that is overseeing federal spending on the Troubled Asset Relief Program, discusses reform of the financial system with Arianna Huffington and the anchor team of CNBC's "Squawk Box." Warren defends the push for greater Wall Street accountability in the TARP program, and explains why the country needs to reverse the deregulation of the past two decades. more »

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The Subprime Rogues Who Bought Congress

By Isaiah J. Poole
May 6, 2009

A Center for Public Integrity report released today, "Who's Behind the Financial Meltdown," spells out how 25 of the country's largest financial institutions fueled the subprime mortgage market that precipitated the global financial crash. more »

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Financial Crisis Investigation Closer To Reality

By Isaiah J. Poole
May 5, 2009

Progressives who have been campaigning for an independent commission to expose the causes of today's financial crisis are about to score a major victory as early as Wednesday in the House. more »

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Mortgaging the White House

By Bill Moyers
May 3, 2009

In his first hundred days, FDR came out swinging. He shut down the banks, threw the money lenders from the temple, cranked out so much legislation so fast he would shout to his secretary, Grace Tully, "Grace, take a law!"
President Obama's been busy, but contrary to many of the pundits, he's no FDR.

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