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On AlterNet: bailout

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "bailout"

Why Won't Obama Give You a Job?

Why Won't Obama Give You a Job?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 17, 2009.
Wall Street's raking in massive profits and paying its execs and traders record bonuses, thanks in part to government cash. What about ordinary Americans?

Former Wall Street Player Reveals the Inside World Behind Shady Bailouts to Bankers

Former Wall Street Player Reveals the Inside World Behind Shady Bailouts to Bankers

Joshua Holland, Nomi Prins, AlterNet. October 30, 2009.
An interview with Prins, former managing director at Goldman Sachs, now a razor-sharp financial muckraker and author of the new book, "It Takes a Pillage."

If You Thought the Last Bailout of Wall Street Was Disastrous, Here Comes TARP on Steroids

If You Thought the Last Bailout of Wall Street Was Disastrous, Here Comes TARP on Steroids

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. October 29, 2009.
The "Financial Stability Improvement Act" would let Geithner spend as much as he wants for as long as he wants, with no specific oversight.

The Dow and the Down and Out

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 16, 2009.
The top 1 percent owns more wealth then the bottom 90 percent. CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.

Big Whoop: 1 Republican Signs on to Watered-Down Health Reform, and the Media Gets in a Bipartisan Tizzy

Big Whoop: 1 Republican Signs on to Watered-Down Health Reform, and the Media Gets in a Bipartisan Tizzy

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 16, 2009.
The 13 Dems on the Senate Finance Committee get one faintly rational GOPer to join them in a meaningless stab at health care reform, and it throws them into a tizzy.

Why This Economic

Why This Economic "Recovery" Will Be the Worst of Your Lifetime

Ian Welsh, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 13, 2009.
All the Obama administration has done is put the economy on life support then wander away.

Bill Moyers: Was the Financial Bailout Just a Slick, Friendly Takeover of the Federal Government?

Bill Moyers: Was the Financial Bailout Just a Slick, Friendly Takeover of the Federal Government?

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. October 12, 2009.
Moyers interviews Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a hero of Michael Moore's latest documentary, and former IMF head Simon Johnson on Wall Street's purchase of our democracy.

Turning Lead Into Gold: How CEOs'

Turning Lead Into Gold: How CEOs' "Performance Incentives" Are Screwing Everybody

Sam Pizzigati, Sarah Anderson, AlterNet. October 6, 2009.
A new Institute for Policy Studies Report shows how big-business bubbles are keeping CEOs in the black -- and robbing the little guy.

5 Ways the Government Used Our Money to Save Big Banks and Screw Us

5 Ways the Government Used Our Money to Save Big Banks and Screw Us

Nomi Prins, Christopher Hayes, The Nation. September 26, 2009.
The government hasn't exactly been forthcoming about how it has made buckets of money available to the banking sector. But here's what really happened.

Bailouts Revisited: Who Got Rescued and Who Got Screwed?

Bailouts Revisited: Who Got Rescued and Who Got Screwed?

Marty Wolfson, Dollars and Sense. September 16, 2009.
And who was deemed too big to fail ... and why?

Taibbi: TARP Bailout Reports Are B.S.

Taibbi: TARP Bailout Reports Are B.S.

Matt Taibbi, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. September 1, 2009.
The Fed's decision to brag publicly about a few loans that are actually performing stinks of intellectual desperation.

Down Goes Another Bubble: A Conversation With Doug Henwood

Down Goes Another Bubble: A Conversation With Doug Henwood

Christian Parenti, The Brooklyn Rail. July 18, 2009.
Henwood, who publishes The Left Business Observer, discusses the global economic crisis with Christian Parenti.

Goldman and JPMorgan: Winners When the Rest of Us Are Losing

Goldman and JPMorgan: Winners When the Rest of Us Are Losing

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog AlterNet: PEEK. July 17, 2009.
Where are the anti-trusters when we need them?

Taibbi: How Goldman Sachs Profited from the Economic Meltdown

Taibbi: How Goldman Sachs Profited from the Economic Meltdown

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. July 17, 2009.
Matt Taibbi argues that "Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression."

Goldman’s Coup: Why Banks Are Benefiting and Workers Aren't

Goldman’s Coup: Why Banks Are Benefiting and Workers Aren't

Laura Flanders, GRITtv AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. July 16, 2009.
Matt Taibbi and Mike Lux discuss whether Goldman Sachs is a risk taker or a coup maker.

Don't Let Wells Fargo Be a Roadblock to Economic Recovery

Don't Let Wells Fargo Be a Roadblock to Economic Recovery

ZP Heller, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. July 14, 2009.
Why won’t Wells Fargo use its bailout billions to keep the Quad City Die Casting company afloat?

Obama’s Chief Auto Adviser Steps Down

By DAVID STOUT and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, The New York Times July 13, 2009.

Trading and bartering California IOUs may come soon

Jan Paschal, Reuters July 13, 2009.

More AIG Bonuses Coming Down the Pipe?

Brady Dennis and David Cho, The Washington Post July 9, 2009.

Three Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call

Three Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call

Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. July 7, 2009.
Several events of the past week should be a wake-up call to the Obama administration. Bottom line: the medicine isn't working.

Wells Fargo Cheats Union Families By Cutting Off Health Care

Wells Fargo Cheats Union Families By Cutting Off Health Care

Mike Elk, AlterNet AlterNet: Health and Wellness. July 7, 2009.
Workers continue to fight back against Wells Fargo despite their illegal practices.

How Big is AIG’s Bailout ... Really?

ProPublica July 7, 2009.

Michelle Malkin Freaks Out Because the Government Might Help Poor People a Tiny Bit

Michelle Malkin Freaks Out Because the Government Might Help Poor People a Tiny Bit

D. Aristophanes, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009.
The horror!

Chamber of Commerce Launches $100 Million Campaign to Protect Wall Street's Power at Our Expense

Chamber of Commerce Launches $100 Million Campaign to Protect Wall Street's Power at Our Expense

Zach Carter, AlterNet. July 2, 2009.
The CoC is the world's most powerful lobbying machine and it's working to make sure our money gets funneled to corporate execs.

Foreclosure Fiasco Continues: The Bush-Obama Strategy of Throwing Billions at Banks Doesn't Work

Foreclosure Fiasco Continues: The Bush-Obama Strategy of Throwing Billions at Banks Doesn't Work

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. June 27, 2009.
Americans are now $14 trillion poorer. Many who thought they were middle class have now joined the ranks of the poor.