Nomi Prins, AlterNet. November 14, 2009. It's been 10 years since Washington repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, the moment we got royally screwed by the banking system -- and we're still paying the price.
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."
Zach Carter, AlterNet. October 1, 2009. Wall Street-influenced Democrats may not act as nutty as their GOP counterparts, but they're dealing out the same economic damage.
Thomas Greco, Jr., AlterNet. July 27, 2009. If we desire to have a peaceful, equitable society, the power of lending must go to people and their communities.
Nomi Prins, Mother Jones. June 19, 2009. His new regulations have been billed as the most sweeping overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression. Obama, alas, is no FDR.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. June 18, 2009. Summers and Geitner finally condemned the Wall Street shenanigans they once abetted. But will this mean any real change in Obama's policy?
David Cay Johnston, The Nation. May 16, 2009. Obama and Congress must get tougher on offshore tax cheats -- prosecute them as criminals and require full payment.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. April 10, 2009. On April 11, people will come out in cities across the country to express their frustration and disapproval. Will you join them?
Zephyr Teachout, AlterNet. March 25, 2009. A new grassroots group has organized protests for April 11 in 11 cities so far, and the ranks of signups are swelling fast.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, AlterNet. December 16, 2008. The deities of the American banking system are now in ruins, plunged from their pedestals into the maw of taxpayer largesse.
Nicholas von Hoffman, TheNation.com. September 17, 2008. Many banks are now candidates for extinction. Fear has set in and the Bush administration is unable to explain what it is doing to its people.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. July 23, 2008. Is banking merely a grubby game where the few enrich themselves at the expense of the many?
Stan Cox, AlterNet. March 23, 2007. Banks have a habit of using your savings to give credit to unseemly industries like cluster bomb manufacturers and Big Coal -- but finding a practical alternative can be tricky.
