Stories by William Greider

William Greider is the author of, most recently, "Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country (Rodale Books, 2009)."

10.4 Million American Families Slide Toward Losing Their Homes -- Is It Time for Debt Forgiveness?

Posted on: Oct 28, 2011, Source: The Nation

Wages are stagnant or falling. Foreclosures are tearing through communities, and falling home prices are destroying family equity. It's like a reverse New Deal.

Does Obama Have the Guts to Play Hardball?

Posted on: Nov 14, 2010, Source: The Nation

So far, Obama's governing style is too nice for real-life politics, where Boy Scouts get their heads handed to them.

With the World Economy on the Brink, America Must Start Producing for Itself Again

Posted on: Nov 5, 2010, Source: The Nation

The country's predicament is a historic emergency that cannot wait for market solutions. America must start producing for itself.

The Social Security Scam: a Bipartisan Plan to Put the Squeeze on Older Americans

Posted on: Sep 13, 2010, Source: Labor Notes

When Washington players talk up “bipartisan compromise,” it usually means the people are about to get screwed.

Elizabeth Warren Uncovered What the Govt. Did to 'Rescue' AIG, and It Ain't Pretty

Posted on: Aug 9, 2010, Source: The Nation

The government’s $182 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG should be seen as the Rosetta Stone for understanding the financial crisis and its costly aftermath.

That Big Sucking Sound in the Economy Is the Threat of Serious Deflation

Posted on: Jul 30, 2010, Source: The Nation

Members of the Fed have started warning that full-blown monetary deflation may be coming. That, not the deficit, could really put the US economy in ruin.

It's Going to Take a While to Bring Wall St. Under Heel

Posted on: Jul 2, 2010, Source: The Nation

We are at the beginning of a promising struggle to cut the financial sector down to tolerable dimensions and reduced power.

Obama's Approach to Jobs Is Out of Touch with Reality

Posted on: Jun 22, 2010, Source: The Nation

Raising taxes and reducing federal spending will be tragic for millions of struggling families, but also potentially devastating for the Democratic party.

Hold The Fed Accountable

Posted on: May 12, 2010, Source: The Nation

The Fed pumped trillions of dollars into Wall Street in secret. That's insane.

Larry Summers Is Lying About Big Banks

Posted on: Apr 26, 2010, Source: The Nation

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Geithner Must Go: He's Costing Us and Obama Too Much

Posted on: Jan 26, 2010, Source: The Nation

The first casualty of the president's political debacle will likely be Timothy Geithner, the severely over-confident treasury secretary well known as a lapdog of Wall Street.

Obama's Big Wake Up Call

Posted on: Jan 20, 2010, Source: The Nation

The Dems' loss in Massachusetts put on display the monumental miscalculations by which Obama has governed. Now it's time for him to change.

Conservative Mogul Buying Up Reporters to Promote His Regressive Agenda

Posted on: Jan 5, 2010, Source: The Nation

Pete Peterson, the Wall Street billionaire who wants to loot Social Security, has created a "news network" hooked up to the Washington Post.

Scheme to Loot Social Security Must Be Stopped Before the Dems Think It's Smart Politics

Posted on: Jan 4, 2010, Source: The Nation

Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson has invented his own "news network" to promote his right-wing rants, and the Washington Post is lending its name to his cause.

10 Percent Interest Is Plenty Enough! Why Usury Needs to Stop Now

Posted on: Dec 15, 2009, Source: TheNation.com

Usury is under scrutiny, thanks to an interfaith alliance that's planning to stage "face-to-face" interactions with bankers and politicians.

Billions More in Easy Money for Wall Street -- Are We Too Ignorant About Finance to Stop It?

Posted on: Dec 8, 2009, Source: The Nation

A permanent security blanket for big boys of finance will further inflame public opinion. Only the public isn't likely to know.

7 Big Questions for the Commission Tasked with Getting to the Bottom of the Financial Crisis

Posted on: Oct 11, 2009, Source: The Nation

Asking deeper questions about the true sources of the calamity is a first step toward developing authentic answers to the nation's predicament.

Re-Appointed Fed Chief Ben Bernanke Didn't Get Us Out of the Economic Crisis, He Helped Cause It

Posted on: Aug 27, 2009, Source: The Nation

Ben Bernanke doesn't serve the public. He doesn't even see its existence.

Is Obama Squandering Our Best Chance for Better Health Care?

Posted on: Aug 18, 2009, Source: The Nation

After a brilliant beginning, Obama seems to be abandoning his principles on health care by hedging on a public option.

Obama's $80 Billion Deal with Pharma Is a Very Bad Deal for Us

Posted on: Aug 7, 2009, Source: The Nation

The White House has cut a deal with Big Pharma that smells like the same old rotten politics that candidate Obama regularly denounced.

Solid Reformer Picked to Investigate How We Got into the Financial Mess

Posted on: Jul 21, 2009, Source: TheNation.com

In naming Phil Angelides as chair of the new Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Congress has picked an aggressive reformer.

A Dark Hole of Democracy: How the Fed Prints Money Out of Thin Air

Posted on: Jul 16, 2009, Source: The Nation

Pelosi: "We wake up one morning and AIG was receiving $80 billion from the Fed. So of course we're saying, 'Where is this money coming from?"

Obama's False Financial Reform Is Nothing But Smooth Talk and Some Fuzzy Plans

Posted on: Jun 24, 2009, Source: The Nation

Missing in the Obama plan are hard rules -- the classic quality of laws that command behavior by prescribing "thou shalt" or 'thou shalt not."

Taxing Health Care Will Destroy Democrats

Posted on: Jun 18, 2009, Source: The Nation

Taxing health care will turn working class people against Obama and ruin the Democratic Party.

We're Screwed on Everything From Health Care to the Economy If the Dems Don't Shape Up

Posted on: Jun 8, 2009, Source: The Nation

The Dems aid and protect their free-roaming entrepreneurial politicians and don't punish those who undermine the party's larger promises.

Obama's Weird Idea of Auto Industry Rescue: Use Our Money to Build Car Factories Abroad

Posted on: May 10, 2009, Source: The Nation

Can someone explain how outsourcing the auto industry is in our national interest?

The Good Times as We Knew it Aren't Coming Back, So Now What?

Posted on: May 7, 2009, Source: The Nation

Our enormous wealth and power are in decline -- yet we have a chance to fill the emptiness in our lives and give them meaning.

Testicular Politics: Obama Is Getting Punked By the Big Dogs of Banking, Does He Have the Balls to Do What's Right?

Posted on: Apr 23, 2009, Source: The Nation

What we are witnessing is a high-stakes melodrama of glandular politics. Will Obama roll over or fight back?

A Scary Corporate Coup Is Under Way -- We've Got to Stop It

Posted on: Mar 30, 2009, Source: TheNation.com

If Wall Street gets its way, Washington will pass new "reforms" that consolidate power and ratify a corporate state.

Obama's Economic Plan: A Version of the Monopoly Game, But No One Loses

Posted on: Mar 27, 2009, Source: The Nation

It's very much like the regular Monopoly game -- only better -- because this one uses real money, provided courtesy of the taxpayers.

The President Needs to Hear Millions of Second Opinions on His Economic Plans

Posted on: Mar 22, 2009, Source: The Washington Post

Obama is trapped between the governing elites who decide things and the people who are governed. Which side is he on?

Fixing the Beast: The Fed Has to be Transformed for a Healthy Financial System

Posted on: Mar 12, 2009, Source: The Nation

To restore the nation's broken financial system, Washington must reform the Federal Reserve.

Stop the Campaign to Loot Social Security

Posted on: Feb 17, 2009, Source: TheNation.com

Although Obama has stated his support for Social Security, progressives need to fight against private interests who will push him to compromise.

Obama Will Fight with Us to Quash the Campaign to Loot Social Security -- Right?

Posted on: Feb 13, 2009, Source: The Nation

Behind closed doors, powerful interests are pushing Obama to tap Social Security to pay for bank bailouts. How he responds will shape his presidency.

Tim Geithner, Tell Us Why You're Rescuing the Very Private Interests that Led Us to Ruin

Posted on: Feb 12, 2009, Source: The Nation

The lack of transparency and silence feeds a popular suspicion that politicians are still working for the other side.

Obama's Economic Plan Is Not Going to Save Us

Posted on: Jan 21, 2009, Source: The Nation

Dire events are going to push Obama toward economic solutions far more fundamental than those he had intended.

Obama's Treasury Pick Has All the Wrong Ideas

Posted on: Nov 24, 2008, Source: TheNation.com

Timothy Geithner is an architect, and now an enabler, of the unfolding crisis.

The Dirty Secret of the Financial Crisis: Our Banking System's Broken

Posted on: Nov 21, 2008, Source: The Nation

No more free money from Washington. No more masters of the universe. No more business as usual. Time for a banking holiday.

What an Amazing Moment!

Posted on: Nov 4, 2008, Source: TheNation.com

This election will transform American life in ways we cannot yet fully imagine. It's amazing to be alive at such a promising period in history.

Dr. Paulson's Magic Potion Is Pure Poison for Us

Posted on: Oct 16, 2008, Source: The Nation

The Treasury Secretary's infusion of cash is a tonic for the bad boys of Wall Street. For a cure, we'll have to wait for a new president.

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