Stories by Jeff Faux

Jeff Faux is the founder and former president of the Economic Policy Institute and the author of the new book The Global Class War, a study of the impact of globalization abroad and on U.S. living standards and politics.subscribe to Jeff Faux's rss feed

Now Presenting A Volatile Mexico -- From the People Who Brought You the Global Financial Meltdown

Posted on Jul 21, 2009, Source: The Nation

Thanks to the people who brought you the Great Recession, the next Mexican revolution may come closer to home than you think.

Are we Headed for the Next Great Depression?

Posted on Mar 31, 2008, Source: The Nation

A huge pyramid of debt was made possible by thirty years of relentless deregulation of financial markets.

Citigroup's Mexican Cronies

Posted on Dec 4, 2007, Source: The Nation

How Citigroup/Banamex got control of an entire airline from the Mexican Government for a song, and paid for it, in part, out of huge subsidies it receives from ... the Mexican government.

Crashing the Party at Davos

Posted on Jan 28, 2006, Source: TomPaine.com

After years of ignoring the social contract, this elite gathering may soon find their reign is coming to an end.
[ page served from web 2 ]