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Time to Break Up Zombie Bank of America?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. January 26, 2012.

The B of A death watch continues as a new petition calls for federal regulators to dismantle the big bank before it implodes.

Why Ron Paul Challenges Liberals to Come Up with Real Solutions on Finance and War

Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism . January 8, 2012.

Ron Paul’s stance should be seen as a challenge to better create a coherent structural critique of the American political order.

Eliot Spitzer: 5 Ways to Make Banks Pay for Their Secret $7 Trillion Free Ride

Eliot Spitzer, Slate. December 1, 2011.

The CEOs of major banks maintained they were in good financial shape. Meanwhile, they secretly borrowed massive amounts from the government to stay afloat.

Has the Dying Bank of America Managed to Ensure Its Next Taxpayer Bailout?

William K. Black, New Economic Perspectives. October 23, 2011.

Has the struggling financial giant found a way to commit financial suicide and leave taxpayers picking up the bill?

Fed Creates Hundreds of Billions Out of Thin Air: Have We Launched an Economic War on the Rest of the World?

Michael Hudson, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. November 8, 2010.

The object of warfare is to take over a country's land, raw materials and assets. Today you can do it financially simply by creating credit.

Obama's New Banking Nominees Have Surprisingly Progressive Creds

Zach Carter, AlterNet. March 23, 2010.

After a series of poor economic appointments, Obama is considering three strong candidates for posts at the Fed.

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

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.

Obama's False Financial Reform Is Nothing But Smooth Talk and Some Fuzzy Plans

William Greider, The Nation. June 25, 2009.

Missing in the Obama plan are hard rules -- the classic quality of laws that command behavior by prescribing "thou shalt" or 'thou shalt not."

Banks Successfully Lobbied Fed to Make 'Stress Tests' Less Stressful

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. May 9, 2009.

"The Fed used a different measurement of bank-capital levels than analysts and investors had been expecting ... "

Congressman Grayson Grills Fed Vice Chair Over $1.2 Trillion Slush Fund

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. January 27, 2009.

Watch Grayson hold Fed Vice Chair Donald Kohn's feet to the fire.

That Humongous Wall Street Bailout You Just Bought

Henry Blodget, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. September 20, 2008.

It works out to over seven grand per tax-payer.

As Wall Street Collapses, Will Washington Get a Clue?

Nomi Prins, AlterNet. September 17, 2008.

The speculative nature of the financial industry is a threat to national economic security. It requires a serious exit strategy.

Are We Approaching the End of the Bubble Economy?

Mike Whitney, CounterPunch. September 16, 2008.

With the collapse of yet another financial institution, it's time to name names.

Ask Dr. Dollar: Do We Have to Bail Out Big Firms Like Bear Stearns?

Arthur MacEwan, Dollars and Sense. May 21, 2008.

When large financial firms like Bear Stearns fail, the impacts can be very far reaching.

Bernanke's Federal Reserve Freakout

Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. May 14, 2008.

Call it a subdued, bankerly freakout.

The Fed Packages Corruption as Sound Public Policy

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. March 21, 2008.

Once again, the Fed is using a crisis to enrich corporate interests.

Corporate Think Tanks: Recession Ain't All That Bad!

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 21, 2008.

All those worries about economic hardship are just more liberal media myths.

Bad Mouthing De-regulation

Ralph Nader, Nader.org. January 19, 2008.

The assault on regulation over the past quarter century caused a mortgage collapse that is producing hundreds of thousands of foreclosures.

The Fed, The Enabler

Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe. September 24, 2007.

For more than two decades, the Federal Reserve has been prime enabler of a dangerously speculative economy.

Housing Bubble Pops; It's Recession Time

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. September 12, 2007.

The growth of the housing bubble made this sort of collapse inevitable, just as the crash of the stock bubble was inevitable.