Zach Carter, TheNation.com. December 22, 2009. We've reached the epitome of crony capitalism, yet the government has given no indication that any action will be taken.
Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 16, 2009. The Fed chairman is Wall Street's Government Official of the Year! OK, OK -- one of many.
Zach Carter, Media Consortium. December 16, 2009. The latest efforts to reform Wall Street don't away with too-big-to-fail banks, and that's a big problem -- here's what progressives are saying about it.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, AlterNet. December 4, 2009. We must build new economic sectors and nothing offers as much promise as do those of green manufacturing and renewable energy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, December 4, 2009. I am going to do my best to see that Mr. Bernanke’s nomination is defeated. Find out more at: senatorsandersunfiltered.com
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 3, 2009. Often, anxieties about the national debt are indicative of anxieties over the economy and unemployment.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 30, 2009. There have been plenty of painful missed opportunities, but as first years go, this isn't bad.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 25, 2009. There's no mystery here. The debate is over. The stimulus has made a real, positive difference.
Anis Shivani, In These Times. November 23, 2009. Many people are not getting by. The human species faces dire ecological threats. Pretending everything will be OK helped get us into this mess, and it won't get us out.
Nick Turse, AlterNet. November 20, 2009. Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.
Dennis Rahkonen, The Smirking Chimp. November 13, 2009. The GOP's agenda, if fully implemented, would prove catastrophic. Here's what an unfettered Republican Party would do "for" America.
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. November 12, 2009. The latest job numbers mock the smiley-faced claims of economists and polticos that the Great Recession is over.
Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 6, 2009. A run-down of the employment picture.
Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 30, 2009. There's a disconnect between official economic figures like GDP, "third quarter growth," and average citizens' lives.
Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. October 27, 2009. America is broke. And the easy credit, phantom "growth" economy has been exposed for what it was: a credit scam.
