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Code Pink Cofounder Clashes with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

ZP Heller, CODEPINK Women for Peace: Action Blog AlterNet: Video. October 21, 2008.
Protesting the annual Mortgage Bankers Association convention in San Francisco.

The Flat Earthers Try to Pin Financial Meltdown on Fannie and Freddie

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. October 15, 2008.
In the Flat Earth version, the real villains in the story were the public/private mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Hank Paulson and His Wall Street Cronies Move to Plan B

Nomi Prins, The Nation. October 15, 2008.
Paulson and his wheeler-dealer pals have proven more interested in preserving their own wealth than in stabilizing the American economy.

Meltdown and Bailout: Why Our Economic System Is on the Verge of Collapse

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 22, 2008.
Bush wants to fleece us for hundreds of billions in the financial crisis, but that's just the first layer of a more fundamental economic problem.

The $700 Billion Bailout: One More Weapon of Mass Deception

Richard W. Behan, AlterNet. September 22, 2008.
The American economy needs help, but there are other, far more equitable ways to accomplish it.

Bush's Disastrous 'Rescue' of the Finance Industry

Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe. September 18, 2008.
The Bush administration's strategy boiled down to allowing Wall Street to privatize the gains while government socialized the losses.

McCain-Palin Health Plan Relies on the Very Marketplace Strategy That's Crippling Our Economy

Bob Herbert, The New York Times. September 18, 2008.
The Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and AIG fiascos show just how well the unfettered marketplace has been working.

Big Banks Go Bust: America's Financial System in Crisis

The Nation and Campaign for America's FutureSeptember 16, 2008.
Authors Bill Greider and Dean Baker argue that the latest Wall Street woes expose the finance industry's deep need for reform.

Another One Bites the Dust: What's Behind the Crash of Lehman Bros

Otto Spengler, Asia Times. September 15, 2008.
The wake of the financial meltdown on Wall Street is going to badly damage confidence about retiring on an investment portfolio.

George Soros: A Danish Solution to America's Housing Mess

George Soros, AlterNet. September 13, 2008.
Washington's recent compromise on the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac constitutes the worst of all possible worlds.

Nationalize Fannie Mae? It Worked Until It Was Privatized

Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. September 9, 2008.
Amid all the hubbub, it's important to remember Fannie Mae's pedigree.

Congress's Housing Bailout: Too Little Too Late?

Mark Winston Griffith, Drum Major Institute AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 28, 2008.
American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure and Prevention Act of 2008 recently passed the House after lumbering around the halls of Congress for months.

Are Fannie and Freddie Screwed? Bush Hopes So

Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 21, 2008.
Bush has set about destroying the decades-old lenders for good, plunging his knife into the backs of programs that helped normal Americans.

Fannie, Freddie and the Threat of Economic Meltdown

Paul Krugman, The New York Times. July 15, 2008.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in the headlines, with dire warnings of imminent collapse. How worried should we be?

The Basics: Just what the Heck Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

Vince Farrell, Huffington Post. July 14, 2008.
A primer on the two lenders making news this week.