On AlterNet: bernanke

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Stop Trying to Kill Social Security

Dean Baker, Comment Is Free. April 29, 2010.

Worried about the deficit? Wall Street is the problem, not Social Security.

It's No Sure Thing: Bernanke's Confirmation Is Coming Down to the Wire

Dean Baker, The Guardian. January 26, 2010.

It isn't Bernanke's job to bail out Wall Street at the expense of the rest of the country. It is his job to prevent the growth of dangerous bubbles. Time to go.

AlterNet Take Action: Throw Out Bernanke!

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. January 26, 2010.

It's up to progressives to take action around Bernanke, Haiti, anti-choice ads, and the corporate take-over of our democracy. Get involved now!

Bernanke Has Failed -- Time for Him to Go

David Sirota, AlterNet. January 25, 2010.

Bernanke failed on the regulatory job and then doled out trillions of taxpayer dollars to clean up his mess. Why is Obama pushing for his renomination?

Senator Sanders Unfiltered: Where Was The Fed?

Sen. Bernie Sanders, December 4, 2009.

I am going to do my best to see that Mr. Bernankeâ€™s nomination is defeated. Find out more at: senatorsandersunfiltered.com

Bernanke: Unemployment Could Undercut Economic Recovery

Mark Felsenthal and Alister Bull, Reuters July 21, 2009.

Bernanke said supportive policies would be needed for some time to prevent rising unemployment from undercutting recovery.

Jon Stewart Nails Bernanke on AIG Bonuses

Staff, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 19, 2009.

Why do we keep giving out the Nobel Prize for Evil? It just gives companies like AIG an incentive to be evil.

Plunder and Blunder; How the 'Financial Experts' Keep Screwing You

Dean Baker, PoliPoint Press. February 7, 2009.

Anyone with common sense, a grasp of simple arithmetic and a desire to go against the consensus should have seen the financial crisis coming.

5 Disastrous Decisions That Got Us into This Economic Mess

Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair. December 11, 2008.

We are at a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future economic policy is a debate over history -- here are the major mistakes that got us here.

7 Ways the Fed Could Bail Out Struggling Homeowners

Ian Welsh, Huffington Post. December 6, 2008.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is groping his way in the dark; here are some requirements for a successful program.

Bush's Cronies Spread the Wealth Around ... to Corporations

Dean Baker, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. December 3, 2008.

It is remarkable how little attention is being given to Paulson and Bernanke's ambitious effort to spread the wealth.

$2 Trillion Handed out by Paulson and Bernanke, But Who Got It, Nobody Knows

Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. November 17, 2008.

We have no idea who got this money or the conditions or collateral put up in return for the loans.

Why Won't the Federal Reserve Say Who They Gave $2 Trillion To?

Ian Welsh, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2008.

The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans.

Don't Look Now, There's a Huge Wave of Inflation Coming Toward Us

Kevin Phillips, Huffington Post. October 29, 2008.

Paulson and Bernanke's "rescue" have only begun to do their full long-term damage.

How Many Revised Economic Forecasts Before The Fed Says The "R" Word?

Daniel DiRito, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. February 21, 2008.

Economic forecasting isn't an exacting science...yet the American public often knows we're in a recession well before the experts.

Bernanke and the Super Nanny-State

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. January 29, 2008.

If a government that protects ordinary people is a "nanny state," then one protecting the super-rich deserves the title of "super nanny state."

Economic Panic Makes GOP Bipartisan

Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 18, 2008.

It helps greatly that the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke, appears to be an intelligent, non-ideological adult